Adjacency constraints along with even flow harvest constraints are important in long term forest planning. Simulated annealing (SA) is previously successfully applied when addressing such constraints. The objective of this paper was to assess the performance of SA under three new methods of...

Purpose – Second-generation biofuel is regarded as a sustainable alternatives to fossil energy in transportation where electricity is not feasible. The main purpose of this study is to analyze how large-scale second-generation biofuel based on wood may affect the competitiveness of more mature...