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Filtering by: Subject Oregon. Dept. of Transportation -- Decision making Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Study of multi-criteria decision-making : development of a decision model to determine when to conduct nighttime construction road work

Creator:

Park, Sang-Bin

Abstract:

Many Departments of Transportation (DOTs) have done construction and maintenance work at night in order to minimize the disruption of daytime traffic, but nighttime operations produce a new set of concerns such as safety, public relations, productivity, and work quality. In addition, decision-making for using nighttime operations has been subjective...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

Creator:

Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-

Abstract:

Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

decision making by forest managers, landowners, and scientists