Optimal management of naturally regenerating uneven-aged forests
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Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Large-scale problems in mathematical programming (90C06) Nonlinear programming (90C30) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)
Abstract: A shift from even-aged forest management to uneven-aged management practices leads to a problem rather different from the existing straightforward practice that follows a rotation cycle of artificial regeneration, thinning of inferior trees and a clearcut. A lack of realistic models and methods suggesting how to manage uneven-aged stands in a way that is economically viable and ecologically sustainable creates difficulties in adopting this new management practice. To tackle this problem, we make a two-fold contribution in this paper. The first contribution is the proposal of an algorithm that is able to handle a realistic uneven-aged stand management model that is otherwise computationally tedious and intractable. The model considered in this paper is an empirically estimated size-structured ecological model for uneven-aged spruce forests. The second contribution is on the sensitivity analysis of the forest model with respect to a number of important parameters. The analysis provides us an insight into the behavior of the uneven-aged forest model.
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