Operations research in the natural resource industry

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 39-62

  Bjorndal T ^a   Herrero, I ^b   Newman, A ^c   Romero, C ^d   Weintraub, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fisheries; Forestry; Literature review; Mining; Natural resources; Operations research; Optimization; Simulation; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL RESOURCE INDUSTRIES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURE; FISHERIES; MINING; NATURAL RESOURCES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RESEARCH; SIMULATION;

EID: 84863616399     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2011.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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