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An Application of MOP and GP to Wildlife Management (Deer)

✍ Scribed by Julio Berbel; Ricardo Zamora

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
107 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0301-4797

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✦ Synopsis

The case study presented in this paper has been developed after several years of spreadsheet-based model and trial and error analysis for game management in Southern Spain. The experience gained in this applied planning permitted the authors to make a model for the average manager's criteria. This research proves that management models can be improved by using multicriteria approaches, especially when a satisfactory combination of methods is employed. First, an efficient set is generated for analysing the conflict between economic and ecological objectives. Second, a lexicographical GP model obtains the management plan.

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