SCHEDULING THE HARVESTING OPERATIONS OF A FOREST BLOCK: A CASE STUDY

J. L. Corner () and L. R. Foulds ()
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J. L. Corner: Department of Management Systems, University of Waikato, New Zealand
L. R. Foulds: Department of Management Systems, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), 2005, vol. 22, issue 03, 377-390

Abstract: We discuss the harvesting of a single forest block from an operations scheduling viewpoint. We report on a harvesting case study, based on practical data from a commercial enterprise, involving minimum and maximum time lags and resource constraints. It appears that the scheduling of the harvesting forest blocks is a significantly different scenario from those represented by the scheduling models available in the literature. The differences come about because: the duration of each operation is dependent upon the combination of constrained resources allocated to it, individual worker-equipment allocation is restricted, and minimum or maximum time lags can be imposed. We report on harvesting operations, a scheduling model, and solution procedures, designed specifically for the case study.

Keywords: Harvesting forest blocks; case study; operations scheduling; modeling; solution procedures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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