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Application of Linear Goal Programming to Forest Harvest Scheduling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

James E. Hotvedt*
Affiliation:
School of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Louisiana State University

Extract

Forest management and planning is complex, involving the application of many scarce and diverse resources to the production and maintenance of a multitude of products and services from the forest over a relatively long period of time.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1983

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