Some Operations Research Applications in the Conservation of Wildland Resources

A. Broido, R. J. McConnen and W. G. O'Regan
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A. Broido: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California
R. J. McConnen: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California
W. G. O'Regan: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California

Management Science, 1965, vol. 11, issue 9, 802-814

Abstract: This paper was written to indicate some of the limited O.R. work done on wildland problems and to call attention to the ever-increasing opportunity for more effort. The first example presents a beginning approach to the problem of minimizing wildland fire costs--one which shows that a sizable increase in prevention and presuppression activities can lead to considerable savings if total costs include fire losses. The second example challenges the commonly used strategy of insect pest control--in large part because of the non-Markovian nature of the problem. The third example deals with the application of linear programming to the problem of managing a wildland area as a continuing source of one or more products or services. Finally, two examples of simulation techniques--applied to forest management and forest sampling--are described briefly.

Date: 1965
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