Operations Research Techniques in Wildfire Fuel Management

Colin P. Gillen (), Dmytro Matsypura () and Oleg A. Prokopyev ()
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Colin P. Gillen: University of Pittsburgh
Dmytro Matsypura: The University of Sydney
Oleg A. Prokopyev: University of Pittsburgh

A chapter in Optimization Methods and Applications, 2017, pp 119-135 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Wildfires are a naturally occurring phenomenon in many places of the world. While they perform a number of important ecological functions, the proximity of human activities to forest landscapes requires a measure of control/preparedness to address safety concerns and mitigate damage. An important technique utilized by forest managers is that of wildfire fuel management, in which a portion of the available combustible material in the forest is disposed of through a variety of fuel treatment activities. A number of operations research approaches have been applied to locate and schedule these fuel treatment activities, and herein we review and discuss the various models and approaches in the literature.

Keywords: Fuel Management; Operations Researchers; Fuel Treatment; Suppression Resources; Fuelbreaks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68640-0_7

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