Solving a cut problem in bipartite graphs by linear programming: Application to a forest management problem

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1042-1050

  Billionnet, Alain ^a  

^a ENSIIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bipartite graph; Cut; Experiments; Land allocation modelling; Linear programming; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIPARTITE GRAPH; BIPARTITE GRAPHS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND ALLOCATION; LAND AREAS; LINEAR PROGRAMS; MATRIX; MAX-CUT PROBLEM; OLD GROWTH; REAL VARIABLES; SQUARE CELL; STANDARD ALGORITHMS; WEIGHTED SUM; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

GRAPH THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER PROGRAMING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 71849120177     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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