Using network analysis to optimize forest road network for cable logging

Mohammad R Ghaffariyan; K Stampfer; J Sessions

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Using network analysis to optimize forest road network for cable logging

Mohammad R Ghaffariyan, K Stampfer and J Sessions

Proceedings of the 41st International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, pp.23-32

International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, 41st (Schmallenberg, Germany, 02-Jun-2008–05-Jun-2008)

FORMEC

2008

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Forestry Sciences

Cable logging

Road density

Road network

Optimization

Network analysis

Cable logging systems are common in mountainous forests of Austria where 19% of the woods are harvested by cable cranes. There has been a classical method to optimize the road spacing or road density based on the minimization of yarding and roading costs in the past years but this method does not give the possible road locations to the planners. In this paper, the developed time predicting models of yarding and installation costs of Syncrofalke tower yarder are used to calculate the yarding cost per cubic meter for the planned cable corridors in a mountainous forest area of 196 ha. Different roads were planned to open the area. The roading costs of the segments are computed using the slope map of the logging block. The data were imported to NETWORK 2000. The shortest path algorithm, simulated annealing and great deluge algorithms were run to find the best solution where the planners could decide what possible road segments can be eliminated from the planned road variants to optimize the total cost of logging.

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Title: Using network analysis to optimize forest road network for cable logging
Authors: Mohammad R Ghaffariyan (Author) - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
K Stampfer (Author) - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
J Sessions (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
Publication details: Proceedings of the 41st International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, pp.23-32
Conference details: International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, 41st (Schmallenberg, Germany, 02-Jun-2008–05-Jun-2008)
Publisher: FORMEC
Date published: 2008
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449275902621
Output Type: Conference paper

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