Decision Support for Forest Management

✍ Scribed by Annika Kangas, Mikko Kurttila, Teppo Hujala, Kyle Eyvindson, Jyrki Kangas (auth.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 310
Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems 30
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This updated and expanded second edition adds the most recent advances in participatory planning approaches and methods, giving special emphasis to decision support tools usable under uncertainty. The new edition places emphasis on the selection of criteria and creating alternatives in practical multi-criteria decision making problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-10
Forest Management Planning....Pages 11-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Single-Criterion Problems....Pages 25-35
Multi-criteria Decision Problems....Pages 37-79
Uncertainty in Multi-criteria Decision-Making....Pages 81-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Optimisation....Pages 127-166
Heuristic Optimisation....Pages 167-191
Uncertainty in Optimisation....Pages 193-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Group Decision-Making and Participatory Planning....Pages 219-231
Voting Methods....Pages 233-251
Participatory Planning Processes in Action....Pages 253-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Behavioural Aspects....Pages 289-300
Final Remarks....Pages 301-307

✦ Subjects

Forestry Management; Sustainable Development; Operation Research/Decision Theory

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