A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making.
Linear programming (LP) is an important method for allocation of wood inventory stock. It is, for instance, used alone in tactical planning systems, which currently are in wide use at the higher hierarchical level in the functionally decentralized planning of the Finnish forest industry. Unfortunate...
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
1997-01-01
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| description | Linear programming (LP) is an important method for allocation of wood inventory stock. It is, for instance, used alone in tactical planning systems, which currently are in wide use at the higher hierarchical level in the functionally decentralized planning of the Finnish forest industry. Unfortunately, LP as a solution method has not been capable of handling spatial data that seem to characterize planning systems in geographical decentralization. In the present study, GIS was used to assimilate data from different wood procurement functions, to calculate transportation distances and cost figures, and to write the data in ASCII files, which were then used as input for the LP model. Using the experiments and methods of GIS on a planning system developed according to participatory planning, the results of this study suggest that the participatory method was faster than the conventional LP method, when solved using actual data. The participatory method was also capable of providing the same global optimum for a wood allocation problem. The implications of these results for improving operational and tactical planning of wood procurement in Finland are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4302c7b56d1344f4a00c2cb890f46b042022-12-22T03:29:08ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40751997-01-0131210.14214/sf.a8518A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making.Palander, TeijoLinear programming (LP) is an important method for allocation of wood inventory stock. It is, for instance, used alone in tactical planning systems, which currently are in wide use at the higher hierarchical level in the functionally decentralized planning of the Finnish forest industry. Unfortunately, LP as a solution method has not been capable of handling spatial data that seem to characterize planning systems in geographical decentralization. In the present study, GIS was used to assimilate data from different wood procurement functions, to calculate transportation distances and cost figures, and to write the data in ASCII files, which were then used as input for the LP model. Using the experiments and methods of GIS on a planning system developed according to participatory planning, the results of this study suggest that the participatory method was faster than the conventional LP method, when solved using actual data. The participatory method was also capable of providing the same global optimum for a wood allocation problem. The implications of these results for improving operational and tactical planning of wood procurement in Finland are discussed.https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5617 |
| spellingShingle | Palander, Teijo A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. Silva Fennica |
| title | A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. |
| title_full | A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. |
| title_fullStr | A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. |
| title_short | A local DLP-GIS-LP system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making. |
| title_sort | local dlp gis lp system for geographically decentralized wood procurement planning and decision making |
| url | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5617 |
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