Operations research models and the management of agricultural and forestry resources: A review and comparison

Interfaces

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-457

  Weintraub, Andrés ^a   Romero, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Industries; Or MS education; Professional

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749406139     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0222     Document Type: Article

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