Multiple objective forest land management planning: An illustration

Abstract Multiple Objective Programming (MOP) has undergone a rapid period of development during the last decade. Concurrently, increased land-use pressures have stimulated forest land management analysts to develop and utilize more sophisticated planning aids to address complex multi-resource issues involving multiple objectives and decision makers. To illustrate the potential use of MOP in land management planning, a demonstrative example is examined using an interactive technique—the Stem method. This method was chosen because of its promise as a rational, practical and systematic means of exploring feasible alternative solutions to multiple objective forest land management problems.

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