A stochastic approach to optimize Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stand management scheduling under fire risk. An application in Portugal

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 359-377

  Ferreira, L ^a,d   Constantino, M ^b,d,e   Borges, J G ^c,e  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forest wildfires; Maritime pine; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904549315     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-011-0845-z     Document Type: Article

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