Optimal selection of forest patches using integer and fractional programming

Operational Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Billionnet, Alain ^a  

^a ENSIIE   (France)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Fractional programming; Integer programming; Landscape ecology; Simulation experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949540050     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-009-0062-6     Document Type: Article

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