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Advances in operations research models used in the gold mining industry
(2023)The topic addressed in this dissertation is a set of economically important operational problems in the gold mining industry that are solved using mathematical models of operations research. More specifically, the main ... -
Integrating a tactical harvest-scheduling model with a log sort-yard location model
(2014-01-22)Failure to sort logs prior to their transportation to a mill can result in a loss of value in the forest products supply chain—for unsorted, higher value logs can be used in a low-value product where lower valued logs ... -
Road-network location heuristics for the tactical harvest-scheduling model
(2022)In tactical planning in hierarchical forest management, cut-blocks are selected for maximizing revenue and road networks are allocated at minimal cost in order to maximize profit. The selected cut-block set and requisite ... -
Selecting locations for forest fuel treatments using simulation optimization
(2009)Wildfires in the Canadian boreal forest poses a considerable threat to forest inventory, structures and human lives. Traditional reactive methods of fire suppression fail to mitigate this threat and can worsen the problem ... -
Using portfolio theory to evaluate the regional deployment of transferring tree seeds under uncertain future climates
(2012-11-10)In this study, the problem of deploying seed from multiple tree improvement orchards to multiple sites in an environment of uncertain climate change is addressed. A modeling approach is designed and applied with the objective ...