Minimizing total costs of forest roads with computer-aided design model

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 621-633

  Akay, Abdullah E ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forest engineering; Optimization; Road cost; Road design; Sediment prediction

Indexed keywords

FOREST ENGINEERING; ROAD COST; ROAD DESIGN; SEDIMENT PREDICTION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSTS; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

CAD CAM; COSTS; FORESTS; OPTIMIZATION; ROADS;

EID: 33751577203     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715918     Document Type: Article

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