Decision Support for Forest Management

• Main Authors: Kangas, Annika (Author), Kangas, Jyrki (Author), Kurttila, Mikko (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 16
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Organization.; Planning.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Environmental Management.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

The goal of Kangas, Kangas and Kurttila's Decision Support for Forest Management is to provide students and researchers with a toolbox of methods for approaching the different planning situations that may arise in practice. It draws together a wide range of methods used in planning forest manag...

Table of Contents:

• Discrete Problems
• Unidimensional Problems
• Multi-Criteria Decision Problems
• Uncertainty in Multi-Criteria Decision Making
• Continuous Problems
• Optimization
• Heuristic Optimization
• Cases with Several Decision Makers
• Group Decision Making and Participatory Planning
• Voting Methods
• Application Viewpoints
• Behavioural Aspects
• Practical Examples of Using MCDS Methods
• Final Remarks.