Handbook of operations research in natural resources / edited by Andres Weintraub ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of Jaime Miranda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weintraub, Andres.

Series:

International series in operations research & management science ; 99.

International series in operations research & management science ; ISOR 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Management--Statistical methods.

Natural resources.

Natural resources--Management--Case studies.

Operations research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (632 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Science+Business Media, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources will be the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. Moreover, he has an international reputation in OR and a former president of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book will cover these areas in terms with contributions from researchers on modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, developing algorithms, and discussing the benefits of research implementations. The handbook will include tutorial contributions when necessary. Throughout the book, technological advances and algorithmic developments that have been driven by natural resource problems will be called out and discussed.

Contents:

Agriculture

Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture

Dealing with Multiple Objectives in Agriculture

Modeling Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems with Environmental Values: Dehesa in Spain and Woodland Ranches in California

Environmental Criteria in Pig Diet Formulation with Multi-Objective Fractional Programming

Modeling the Interactions Between Agriculture and the Environment

MCDM Farm System Analysis for Public Management of Irrigated Agriculture

Water Public Agencies Agreeing to A Covenant for Water Transfers: How to Arbitrate Price–Quantity Clauses

Positive Mathematical Programming for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis: Review and Practice

Fisheries

Fisheries Management

Shared Fish Stocks and High Seas Issues

Game Theoretic Applications to Fisheries

Uncertainty in Bioeconomic Modelling

Planning in Fisheries-Related Systems

Capacity and Technical Efficiency Estimation in Fisheries: Parametric and Non-Parametric Techniques

Studies in the Demand Structure for Fish and Seafood Products

Forestry

Models for Strategic Forest Management

Tactical-Level Forest Management Models

Harvest Operational Models in Forestry

Log Merchandizing Model Used in Mechanical Harvesting

Forest Transportation

Optimization of Forest Wildlife Objectives

Spatial Environmental Concerns

Heuristics in Forest Planning

Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making in Forest Planning: Recent Results and Current Challenges

Forest Fire Management

A Model for the Space–Time Spread of Pine Shoot Moth

Adaptive Optimization of Forest Management in A Stochastic World

Mining

Application of Optimisation Techniques in Open Pit Mining

Optimisation in Underground Mining

Long- and Short-Term Production Scheduling at Lkab's Kiruna Mine

An Integrated Approach to the Long-Term Planning Process in the Copper Mining Industry.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611337728

9781281337726

1281337722

9780387718156

038771815X

OCLC:

187153312