A tool for productivity and cost forecasting of decentralised wood chipping

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Spinelli, Raffaele ^a   Magagnotti, Natascia ^b  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chipping; Modelling; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS SECTOR; BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; CHIPPER PRODUCTIVITY; CHIPPING; COST FORECASTING; DECENTRALISED; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FIELD TRIAL; FOREST BIOMASS; INPUT DATAS; MICROSOFT EXCEL; OPERATION SCHEDULING; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; PRICE SETTING; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; STANDARD COSTING; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; VALIDATION TEST; WOOD CHIPPING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMASS; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPREADSHEETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 74449093964     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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