Applying optimization and the analytic hierarchy process to enhance agricultural preservation strategies in the state of Delaware

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-456

  Messer, Kent D ^a   Allen III, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b The Conservation Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Binary linear programming; Conservation optimization; Farmland protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856374196     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007437     Document Type: Article

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