Improving Efficiency in a Forest Pest Control Spray Program

David L. Rumpf, Emanuel Melachrinoudis and Thomas Rumpf
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David L. Rumpf: Department of Industrial Engineering and Information Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Emanuel Melachrinoudis: Department of Industrial Engineering and Information Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Thomas Rumpf: Maine Forest Service Augusta, Maine 04333

Interfaces, 1985, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: The Maine Forest Service limits the destruction of Maine spruce-fir forests by spruce budworms through a large aerial spray program. They use several types of aircraft flying from six airfields to spray 250 to 300 infested areas. A mathematical programming model which determines the lowest cost set of flight plans and provides “what if” analyses for changes in operating conditions is improving management decisions.

Keywords: natural resources; programming: linear applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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