Timber harvesting analyses and design using simulation
Timber harvesting analyses and design using simulation
Sabah U. Randhawa and Kidon D. Olsen
ABSTRACT
The design, evaluation and control of harvesting systems
in a problem of considerable importance in the forest
products industry. Modeling of timber harvesting system
include considerations such as production rates,
equipment breakdown, fixed and variable costs material
flow and scheduling priorities. The resulting
mathematical analysis is not computationally feasible.
Computer simulation can be effectively used to
accurately represent complex systems such as timber
harvesting, that are affected by numerous variables. The
research reported in this paper developed as simulation
model for analyzing the entire logging operation
(tree-to mill) in the forest products industry.
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September 1990
Vol. 40, Iss. 3
