Allocating inventory resources for multiple-use planning
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Vol. 8 (1) , 100-110
- https://doi.org/10.1139/x78-017
Abstract
A user-oriented approach to allocate inventory resources for multiple-use planning is presented. The sequence used in the approach is to determine the decisions to be made with the aid of inventory data, the data needed to soundly base the decisions and the impact of sampling error in the data on the decisions. Sample intensities that minimize the cost of attaining data plus the expected losses from using the data to make decisions were determined. A cost plus loss minimization framework for multiple-use planning inventory was developed and applied to a case study on a USA Forest Service planning unit. Results indicated that the procedure should provide useful guides for allocating sampling resources.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: