Operations Research challenges in forestry: 33 open problems

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-40

  Rönnqvist, Mikael ^a,b   D’Amours, Sophie ^a   Weintraub, Andres ^c   Jofre, Alejandro ^c   Gunn, Eldon ^d   Haight, Robert G ^e   Martell, David ^f   Murray, Alan T ^g   Romero, Carlos ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g Drexel University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment; Fire management; Forest management; Forestry; Harvesting; Operational; Operations research; OR challenges; Strategic; Tactical; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939270558     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-015-1907-4     Document Type: Article

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