Off road transportation cost calculations for ground based forest harvesting systems
Palabras clave:
terrain transportation, terrain transportation cost, forest planning, forest operations, forest harvestingResumen
Ground based systems are the main approach used for off-road timber transportation throughout the world. Estimates of terrain transportation costs are required for several forest planning problems and for assessment of harvesting contracts and forest land values. Methods for these calculations can be categorized into two groups. Methods based on average transportation distance predate computers, are analytical, and based on manual calculations. Network methods are based on weighted graph representations and are solved with graph methods. Here, the two categories are compared and linked. Analytical methods in the literature have been limited to flat terrain and including detail is difficult. The network method can be extended to include uneven terrain or detailed input data.
Referencias
Chung, W., J. Stückelberger, K. Aruga, and T. W. Cundy, 2008. Forest road network design using a trade-off analysis between skidding and road construction costs. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(3):439-448. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/X07-170.
Contreras, M., and W. Chung, 2007. A computer approach to finding an optimal log landing location and analyzing influencing factors for ground-based timber harvesting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37(2):276-292. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x06-219.
Contreras, M. A., and W. Chung, 2011. A modeling approach to estimating skidding costs of individual trees for thinning operations. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 26(3):133-146. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/wjaf/2011/00000026/00000003/art00006.
Dijkstra, E., 1959. A note on two problems in connexion with graphs. Numerische Mathematik 1(1):269-271. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01386390.
Fredman, M. L., and R. E. Tarjan, 1987. Fibonacci heaps and their uses in improved network optimization algorithms. J. ACM 34(3):596-615. URL http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/28869.28874.
Garey, M. R., and D. S. Johnson, 1979. Computers and intractability: A guide to the theory of NP-completeness. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 241 pp. ISBN 0-7167-1045-5.
Gibson, D. F., and J. Rodenberg, 1975. Location models for the forest products industry and other applications. A I I E Transactions 7(2):143-152. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/05695557508974996.
Greulich, F. E., 1980. Average yarding slope and distance on settings of simple geometric shape. Forest Science 26(2):195-202. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1980/00000026/00000002/art00006.
Greulich, F. E., 1987. The quantitative description of cable yarder settings-parameters for the triangular setting with apical landing. Forest Science 33(3):603-616. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1987/00000033/00000003/art00003.
Greulich, F. E., 1989. The calculation of average yarding distance to a centralized landing, given a polygonal mesh approximation of the setting surface. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19(1):141-144. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x89-020.
Greulich, F. E., 1991. Optimal landing location on flat, uniform terrain. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21(5):573-584. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x91-079.
Greulich, F. E., 1994a. Average yarding distance for row thinning of plantations. Journal of Forest Engineering 6(1):57-60. URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08435243.1994.10702666.
Greulich, F. E., 1994b. Turn-location parameters for a continuous landing model. i. road tangents. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24(7):1503-1509. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x94-194.
Greulich, F. E., 1994c. Turn-location parameters for a continuous landing model. ii. circular curves. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24(7):1510-1515. URL http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x94-195.
Greulich, F. E., 2003. Transportation networks in forest harvesting: early development of the theory. In Proceedings of the International Seminar on New Roles of Plantation Forestry Requiring Appropriate Tending and Harvesting Operations, Yoshimura, T., ed., pp. 57-65. Tokyo, Japan.
Greulich, F. E., 2012. Near-optimal location of two landings on flat, uniform terrain. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42(2):227-237. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x11-177.
Han, H.-S., and C. Renzie, 2005. Productivity and cost of partial harvesting method to control mountain pine beetle infestations in british columbia. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 20(2):128-133. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/wjaf/2005/00000020/00000002/art00006.
Hughes, B. O., 1930. Factors affecting cost of logging with fair-lead arch wheels. The Timberman 31(11):38-40,42.
Matthews, D. M., 1942. Cost control in the logging industry. McGraw-Hill book company, inc., New York, London, 374 pp.
Nurminen, T., H. Korpunen, and J. Uusitalo, 2006. Time consumption analysis of the mechanized cut-to-length harvesting system. Silva Fennica 40(2):335-363.
Perkins, R. H., and K. D. Lynn, 1979. Determining average skidding distance on rough terrain. Journal of Forestry 77(2):84-88. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/jof/1979/00000077/00000002/art00009.
Peters, P. A., 1978. Spacing of roads and landings to minimize timber harvest cost. Forest Science 24(2):209-217. URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1978/00000024/00000002/art00011.
Suddarth, S. K., and A. M. Herrick, 1964. Average skidding distance for theoretical analysis of logging costs. Number 789 in Research Bulletin. Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, 52 pp.
Sundberg, U., and C. Silversides, 1988. Operational Efficiency in Forestry: Volume 1: Analysis, volume 1. Springer.
Søvde, N. E., A. Løkketangen, and B. Talbot, 2013. Applicability of the grasp metaheuristic method in designing machine trail layout. Forest Science and Technology 9(4):187-194. URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21580103.2013.839279.
Tan, J., 1992. Planning a forest road network by a spatial data handling-network routing system. Acta Forestalia Fennica 227.
Troutman, J. L., 1996. Variational calculus and optimal control: optimization with elementary convexity. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
von Segebaden, G., 1964. Studies of cross-country transport distances and road net extention. Studia Forestalia Suecica, volume 18. Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 69 pp.
Descargas
Publicado
Número
Sección
Licencia
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) following the publication by the journal, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
