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Creator:: Paredes-Veloso, Gonzalo L.
Abstract:: The problem of determining an optimal sequence of decisions in even-aged stand management is analyzed and solved with an alternative to the traditional dynamic programming network. The new method is derived independently from two different approaches to the problem: Network optimization and generalized LaGrange multipliers. Both derivations are presented. It...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: McNutt, James Allen
Abstract:: A complex and sometimes serious problem facing modern day forest managers is that of estimating and analyzing potential on-site impacts which result from forest activities. A major type of adverse impact is man-Initiated forest erosion. This consequence can be substantially magnified when forest harvest and road activities are implemented in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Ebaa-Atyi, Richard
Abstract:: The study presents two main parts: first, a review of tropical silviculture and forest management systems and, second, the investigation of a growth and yield model which has some potential for application in the tropical region. The presentation of tropical silviculture includes: (1) an overview of the biological characteristics of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Eng, Helge
Abstract:: There is considerable uncertainty associated with stand establishment in coastal Oregon. Several species can gain control of the site depending on stand conditions as well as management practices. In this study, three cover type transition models were developed using data from the Siuslaw National Forest to predict stand establishment patterns...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Hamann, Jeff D.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: estimation and model- based prediction methods to obtain guesses of unknown inputs, and the re- sulting

Creator:: Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory, Elwood, Norman E., and Kincaid, Jonna C.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . The Authors Norman E. Elwood and Jonna C. Kincaid are, respectively, forest management extension

Creator:: Tedder, Philip L., Schmidt, James S., Gourley, Jonna, and Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory
Abstract:: Volume I: TREES (Timber Resource Economic Estimation System), a forest management and harvest scheduling model, is comprehensively described in the first of a four-volume series. Even- or uneven-aged forest inventories form basic resource units (BRUs), entered by age class or size and diameter classes; stocking level; and management intensity. Management...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Barber, Richard L.
Abstract:: Harvest scheduling and stand level optimization have generally been regarded as separable problems. Some studies have attempted to jointly optimize a wide range of stand treatments and a forest wide harvest schedule using combinations of mathematical programming techniques. The mathematical programming forest level techniques presume perfect information on production, costs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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