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  • A quadratic programming algorithm for deriving efficient farm plans in a risk setting

    Creator:
    Bauer, Leonard
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    The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
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    Dissertation
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    Applied Farm Management by extension personnel has tradition- ally been of a prescriptive nature. Risk

  • Sensitivity analysis of the Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) and use in evaluating two agricultural management scenarios

    Creator:
    Metta, John W. P.
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    Abstract Watershed-scale fate/transport modeling of contaminants is a tool that scientists and land managers can use to assess pesticide contamination to stream systems. The Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) is a catchment-scale fate/transport modeling tool. It was developed to help scientists and land managers assess the effects of possible land-use decisions...
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    Masters Thesis
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    be run on those alternative conditions to model various management scenarios. Such studies have

  • Container fleet-sizing for part transportation and storage in the supply chain

    Creator:
    Park, SeJoon
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    This research addresses fleet-sizing for reusable containers that are used for protection, transportation, and storage of parts between a component plant and assembly plant. These reusable containers are often expensive and occupy a large amount of storage space when empty and full. Having a large container fleet comes with higher...
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    Dissertation
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    decreases production down time caused by the lack of containers needed for storage. A quantitative model

  • A mathematical modeling framework for scheduling and managing multiple concurrent tasks

    Creator:
    Shakeri, Shakib
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    Occurrence of human error in highly complex systems, such as a cockpit, can be disastrous and/or overwhelmingly costly. Mismanagement of multiple concurrent tasks has been observed by researchers to be a type of repetitive human error in previous studies of accidents and incidents. This error may occur in the form...
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    Dissertation
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    ............................................ 158 B: PROOF FOR NP-HARDNESS OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL ......... 160 B.1 GENERALIZED TRAVELING

  • Three studies on the role of uncertainty in the valuation and management of renewable natural resources

    Creator:
    Burnes, Ellen Irene
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    These three papers address uncertainty in the management and valuation of renewable natural resources. The first paper develops a model to integrate both stock and price uncertainty to obtain optimal resource levels. The model is an extension of Reed (1974) and shows by proof and by example that when prices...
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    Dissertation
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    management and valuation of renewable natural resources. The first paper develops a model to integrate both

  • Optimizing the primary forest products supply chain : a multi-objective heuristic approach

    Creator:
    Hamann, Jeff D.
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    This thesis is a collection of four submitted manuscripts that present methods to assist forest ecosystem service managers wanting to develop operational sampling, monitoring, and production plans for a set of specific quantifiable ecosystem services, which are formulated as a series of general multi-objective optimization problems. The problems are solved...
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    Dissertation
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    estimation and model- based prediction methods to obtain guesses of unknown inputs, and the re- sulting

  • Optimization, conservation and valuation of contingent claims in economic resource management under uncertainty

    Creator:
    Jia, Siwei
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    This dissertation consists of three papers studying optimization, conservation and valuation of contingent claims in economic resource nianagement under uncertainty. In the first paper the Markovian optinial policies are studied for resource management in a finite time horizon. Under sonic conditions, in particular, when the prices are stochastic and there...
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    Dissertation
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    . Mathematical Biosciences 12, 245-260. Reed, J. W., 1974. A stochastic model for the economic management of a

  • Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

    Creator:
    Konoshima, Masashi
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    This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
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    Dissertation
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    . Optimization Model for Management Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1.2. Simulation Model

  • Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

    Creator:
    Lin, Haixia
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    To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient and effective conservation policies are needed. Designing policies require a sound understanding of the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of conservation programs. This dissertation consists of three essays, and addresses several issues relevant to these two...
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    Dissertation
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    prices of farmland and developed land. A theoretical model that integrates the optimal investment model

  • A power comparison of mutual fund timing and selectivity models under varying portfolio and market conditions

    Creator:
    Azimi-Zonooz, Aydeen
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    The goal of this study is to test the accuracy of various mutual fund timing and selectivity models under a range of portfolio managerial skills and varying market conditions. Portfolio returns in a variety of skill environments are generated using a simulation procedure. The generated portfolio returns are based on...
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    Dissertation
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    management strategy would be trivial if the performance models were flawless. A perfect evaluation model