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Optimization of cable logging layout using a heuristic algorithm for network programming

Creator:

Chung, Woodam

Abstract:

Designing timber harvesting units is a challenging task. The task requires decision making on logging equipment, landing site, cable road profile, road location, and transportation system. Traditionally forest planners have done the task manually. However, the manual method makes it difficult to examine many alternatives and the harvest plans depend...

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Dissertation
Minimizing total cost of construction, maintenance, and transportation costs with computer-aided forest road design

Creator:

Akay, Abdullah Emin

Abstract:

The systems currently available for forest road design are not capable of making computer-aided design judgments such as: 1) automated generation of alternative grade lines, 2) optimizing vertical alignment, 3) minimizing total cost of construction, maintenance, and transportation costs, and 4) aiming for least environmental impacts. In recent years, advances...

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Dissertation
Preliminary planning of forest roads using ARC GRID

Creator:

Xu, Shenglin

Abstract:

Forest road planning is importaht in logging operations, because it can affect feasibility and cost of forest operations. Due to rapid advances in computer hardware, GIS software, and remote sensing techniques, computer forest road planning models using GIS are becoming practical. DEM data at 30 meter resolution are common and...

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Capstone Project

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graduate committee, Dr. A. Jon Kimerling and Mr. Brian W. Kramer ,P.E. for their valuable suggestions and