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The development of a rail transport model and its use for the prediction of rail shipping costs for forest products in Oregon

Creator:

Boston, Kevin Donald

Abstract:

Transportation costs compose fifty to sixty percent of the total operating cost in the forest products industry. This paper develops a framework for incorporating rail transportation into a statewide multi-modal transportation planning model. It will allow for the analysis of various transportation scenarios that can possibly increase the efficiency of...

Resource Type:

Capstone Project
Using Tabu Search to solve tactical forest planning problems with spatial wildlife habitat goals and constraints

Creator:

Boston, Kevin Donald

Abstract:

A method was developed to formulate and solve a fifty-year tactical harvest scheduling problem that included spatial wildlife habitat goals and constraints for a 4800-acre watershed in Northwestern Oregon under four scenarios. Three goals and two habitat constraints were included in each scenario. The first goal was a volume goal....

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Dissertation