Logging with Markov chains

Author(s)
Dora
Bixby
*,
Southern Oregon University
Talk Abstract
Oregon is the U.S.'s top lumber producer and the industry makes up a large portion of the jobs in the Oregon workforce. I will be discussing the use of absorbing Markov chains to model the growth of trees in a stand, then analyzing the model to develop a reliable and steady harvesting schedule.
Talk Subject
Probability and Statistics
Time Slot
2016-04-02T12:00:00
Room Number
STAG 263