Optimal Forest Management in the Presence of Intraspecific Competition

Renan Goetz, Angels Xabadia and Elena Calvo

Mathematical Population Studies, 2011, vol. 18, issue 3, 151-171

Abstract: The Escalator Boxcar Train method is used to solve the distributed optimal control problems of forest management numerically. It takes into account intraspecific competition for scarce resources such as light, space, and nutrients during reproduction, growth, and mortality. It provides an alternative to gradient projection methods and Markov processes. It is implemented with standard software. The application is on the optimal forest management regime in the presence of intraspecific competition.

Keywords: distributed optimal control; Escalator Boxcar Train; forest management; intraspecific competition; numerical methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/08898480.2011.589761

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