Using optimization for fitting individual-tree growth models for uneven-aged stands

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 829-839

  Pukkala, Timo ^a   Lähde, Erkki ^b   Laiho, Olavi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amoeba search; Nelder and Mead method; Polytope search; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TREE;

FINLAND;

EID: 80051672847     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0475-z     Document Type: Article

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