A nonlinear programming approach to stand optimization ( forestry).

Abstract

The stand management decision problem is formulated as a constrained nonlinear program. Constraints inherent to the production system are part of the production function and can be incorporated into the objective function. If there are no constraints from external sources the problem is an unconstrained nonlinear program. Three nonlinear programming (NP) techniques and discrete dynamic programming (DP) are compared for their relative efficiency in solving an example problem. -from Author