Probabilistic typology of management decision making in private forest properties

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-43

  Ficko, Andrej ^a   Boncina, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization algorithm; Management behavior; Management decision; Private forest owners; Slovenia; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; SLOVENIA; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

DECISION MAKING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84871460727     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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