NlhDkursVt02
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Date |
Time |
Contents |
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2002-03-18
(Monday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* (See
below) |
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2002-03-19
(Tuesday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* |
|
2002-03-20
(Wednesday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* |
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Date |
Time |
Contents |
|
2002-04-15
(Monday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* |
|
2002-04-16
(Tuesday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* |
|
2002-04-17
(Wednesday) |
09.15 –
10.00 10.15 –
11.00 11.15 –
12.00 |
* |
Contents:
The
course Forest Economics will be based on Johansson & Löfgren (1985).
Lohmander concentrates on economic optimization and risk and uncertainty. Ole
Hofstad and Hans Fredrik Hoen will give lectures on the parts not covered by
Lohmander. Since the field of risk and uncertainty with applications to forest
economic optimisation has developed since 1985 when Johansson & Löfgren
published their book, more recent developments will also be included in the
lectures by Lohmander. Before the course, Lohmander prepares a case study to be
analysed during the course. This case study will focus on the issues treated
during the lectures.
The
case study and related material:
The case
study Mission with links (Click here!)
A short
introduction to VBScript: VBScript with a minor forest
economics optimisation problem (Click here!)
References:
Johansson, P.O., Löfgren, K.G., The economics of forestry and natural resources, Basil Blackwell, 1985.
The following book is very good but not absolutely necessary:
Winston, W.L., Operations Research, Applications and
Algorithms, Duxbury Press, International Thomson Publishing, 3.ed., 1994, ISBN
0-534-20971-8
During the course,
approaches and references connected to the chapters in Johansson and Löfgren
(1985) will sequentially be discussed.
Some
references are found here: www.Lohmander.com/Information/Ref.htm
Practical
issues:
The
lectures by Lohmander should be given in a lecture room with a large,
preferably at least 3 meter wide and 1.5 meter high, whiteboard. The quality of
the lectures drops considerably if the whiteboard is too small.
Before
the course, Lohmander prepares a case study to be analysed during the course.
This case study will focus on the issues treated during the lectures. It will
be necessary to solve some numerical problems of this case study with PCs and
the best way to do this is with VBScript. It is assumed that the course
participants will do some of these optimisation exercises during the time
between the lectures. VBScript is a very convenient language. Lohmander will
give all the necessary background to this during the course. Some of the
work can also be done with LINGO in a very efficient and informative manner.
See below!
Computers and software:
The course participants should have access to personal computers with Internet Explorer and INTERNET during the time when they are not in the lecture room(s). This is important since VBScript is a very useful tool for exercises, and since VBScript is supported by Internet Explorer.
Here,
you find VBScript documentation: Start by looking at Exercises.htm
then look for more details at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/vtoriVBScript.asp
It is strongly recommended that the following software be installed on the personal computers before the course starts:
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LINGO (A free sample version (with sufficient options for the course)
can be found here: http://www.LINDO.com |
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EXCEL |
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Some general programming software which is already known by the course
participants (such as Fortran, Basic, Pascal, C, C++, or Java) |
Some forest economics problems and optimisation software are found here:
Peter Lohmander