Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (99))

Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources will be the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. Moreover, he has an international reputation in OR and a former president of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book will cover these areas in terms with contributions from researchers on modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, developing algorithms, and discussing the benefits of research implementations. The handbook will include tutorial contributions when necessary. Throughout the book, technological advances and algorithmic developments that have been driven by natural resource problems will be called out and discussed. Agriculture -- Importance Of Whole-farm Risk Management In Agriculture / Ruud Huirne, Miranda Meuwissen And Marcel Van Asseldonk -- Dealing With Multiple Objectives In Agriculture / Kiyotada Hayashi -- Modeling Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems With Environmental Values : Dehesa In Spain And Woodland Ranches In California / Pablo Campos, Alejandro Caparros, Emilio Cerda, Lynn Huntsinger And Richard B. Standiford -- Environmental Criteria In Pig Diet Formulation With Multi-objective Fractional Programming / Teresa Pena, Carmen Castrodeza And Pablo Lara -- Modeling The Interactions Between Agriculture And The Environment / Slim Zekri And Houcine Boughanmi -- Mcdm Farm System Analysis For Public Management Of Irrigated Agriculture / Jose A. Gomez-limon, Julio Berbel And Manuel Arriaza -- Water Public Agencies Agreeing To A Covenant For Water Transfers : How To Arbitrate Price-quantity Clauses / Enrique Ballestero -- Positive Mathematical Programming For Agricultural And Environmental Policy Analysis : Review And Practice / Bruno Henry De Frahan, Jeroen Buysse, Philippe Polome, Bruno Fernagut, Olivier Harmignie, Ludwig Lauwers, Guido Van Huylenbroeck And Jef Van Meensel -- Fisheries -- Fisheries Management / Ragnar Arnason -- Shared Fish Stocks And High Seas Issues / Trond Bjorndal And Gordon Munro -- Game Theoretic Applications To Fisheries / Veijo Kaitala And Marko Lindroos -- Uncertainty In Bioeconomic Modelling / Linda Nostbakken And Jon M. Conrad -- Planning In Fisheries-related Systems / Daniel E. Lane -- Capacity And Technical Efficiency Estimation In Fisheries : Parametric And Non-parametric Techniques / Sean Pascoe And Diana Tingley -- Studies In The Demand Structure For Fish And Seafood Products / Frank Asche, Trond Bjorndal And Daniel V. Gordon -- Forestry -- Models For Strategic Forest Management / Eldon A. Gunn -- Tactical-level Forest Management Models / Richard L. Church -- Harvest Operational Models In Forestry / Rafael Epstein, Jenny Karlsson, Mikael Ronnqvist And Andres Weintraub -- Log Merchandizing Model Used In Mechanical Harvesting / Hamish Marshall -- Forest Transportation / Rafael Epstein, Mikael Ronnqvist And Andres Weintraub -- Optimization Of Forest Wildlife Objectives / John Hof And Robert Haight -- Spatial Environmental Concerns / Alan T. Murray -- Heuristics In Forest Planning / John Sessions, Pete Bettinger And Glen Murphy -- Forestry Economics : Historical Background And Current Issues / Ronald Raunikar And Joseph Buongiorno -- Multiple Criteria Decision-making In Forest Planning : Recent Results And Current Challenges / Luis Diaz-balteiro And Carlos Romero -- Forest Fire Management / David L. Martell -- A Model For The Space-time Spread Of Pine Shoot Moth / Roberto Cominetti And Jaime San Martin -- Adaptive Optimization Of Forest Management In A Stochastic World / Peter Lohmander -- Mining -- Application Of Optimisation Techniques In Open Pit Mining / Louis Caccetta -- Optimisation In Underground Mining / Christopher Alford, Marcus Brazil And David H. Lee -- Long- And Short-term Production Scheduling At Lkab's Kiruna Mine / Alexandra M. Newman, Mark Kuchta And Michael Martinez -- An Integrated Approach To The Long-term Planning Process In The Copper Mining Industry / Rodrigo Caro, Rafael Epstein, Pablo Santibanez And Andres Weintraub. Edited By Andres Weintraub ... [et Al.] ; With The Collaboration Of Jaime Miranda. Series Number From P. [4] Of Cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Operations Research Management Science approaches have helped people for the last 40 years to understand the complex functioning of the systems based upon natural resources, as well as to manage natural resources in the most efficient manner. The areas usually viewed within the natural resources field are: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining and water resources. All of these areas share the common problem of optimally allocating scarcity over a period of time. The scale of time or length of the planning horizon differs from one area to another. We have almost a continuous renewal in the case of the fisheries, periodic cycles in the case of agriculture and forestry and enormous periods of time much beyond the human perception in the case of mining resources. But in all the cases, the critical issue is to obtain an efficient use of the resource along its planned time horizon. Another element of connection among the different natural resources is due to the interaction between the use of the resource and the environmental impact caused by its extraction or harvest. This type of interaction implies additional complexities in the underlying decision-making process, making the use of OR/MS tools especially relevant. HANDBOOK OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN NATURAL RESOURCES will be the first systematic handbook treatment of quantitative modeling natural resource problems, their allocated efficient use, and societal and economic impact. Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. Moreover, he has an international reputation in OR and a former president of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and mining. The book will cover these areas in terms with contributions from researchers on modeling natural research problems, quantifying data, developing algorithms, and discussing the benefits of research implementations. The handbook will include tutorial contributions when necessary. Throughout the book, technological advances and algorithmic developments that have been driven by natural resource problems will be called out and discussed.