A simulation-optimization model for selecting the location of fuel-breaks to minimize expected losses from forest fires

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Rytwinski, Adam ^a   Crowe, Kevin A ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel management; Operations research; Simulation optimization; Stochastic fire simulation; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE SOLUTION; DECISION SUPPORT MODELS; FIRE SIMULATION; FOREST FIRES; GREEDY HEURISTICS; MANAGEMENT OPERATION; META-HEURISTIC SEARCH ALGORITHMS; MODELING APPROACH; NEW APPROACHES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; ONTARIO; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL LAYOUT; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STOCHASTIC FIRE SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FUELS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LOCATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; DAMAGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77953139040     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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