Population-based methods in the optimization of stand management

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-274

  Pukkala, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amoeba search; Differential evolution; Evolution strategy; Evolutionary computing; Nelder Mead method; Particle swarm optimization; Polytope search

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

AMOEBA SEARCH; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING; NELDER-MEAD METHODS; POLYTOPES;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

ALGORITHM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67249087193     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.211     Document Type: Article

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