A cost-effectiveness analysis of simulated forest fire detection systems

P. H. Kourtz and O’Regan, W. G.

Hilgardia, 1968, vol. 39, issue 12

Abstract: A solution to the problem of finding the most effective lookout-aircraft forest fire detection system for a specific budget is presented. Generated fire and weather data, based on past probability distributions, are used to produce a forest fire detection environment. Within this environment, many feasible all-lookout, all-aircraft, and combined lookout-aircraft detection systems are simulated. Each alternative is constrained by a fixed budget and each is evaluated in terms of a common criterion.

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Date: 1968
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