We combine a scenario-based, standard-response optimization model with stochastic simulation to improve the efficiency of resource deployment for initial attack on wildland fires in three planning units in California. The optimization model minimizes the expected number of fires that do not receive a standard response-defined as the number of resources...
The purpose of this dissertation is to formulate,
analyze and numerically solve the dynamic harvesting problem
for uneven-aged stands. The problem is to find the
optimal numbers of trees to remove from diameter classes
over a finite time horizon and is formulated as a
discrete-time optimal-control problem with bounded control...
