An economic and environmental assessment of alternative forage-resource production systems: A goal-programming approach
| Autor: | W. B. Bryan, Gerard E. D'Souza, W.A. Fiske, Tim T. Phipps, E. C. Prigge, J.J. Fletcher |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Forage (honey bee)
Operations research business.industry Computer science Rank (computer programming) West virginia Environmental resource management Resource (project management) Goal programming Production (economics) Animal Science and Zoology Profitability index Environmental impact assessment business Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Agricultural Systems. 45:259-270 |
| ISSN: | 0308-521X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0308-521x(94)90141-2 |
| Popis: | Decision making involves several criteria, something not always reflected in models. In this study, profitability, risk and environmental criteria are simultaneuosly used to rank alternative forage-resource production systems. Experimental data for West Virginia beef cow/calf production are used together with secondary price data within a binary goal-programming model. Utilizing the branch-and-bound algorithm, the optimal system under each of 21 goal and penalty weight scenarios is obtained. An interesting, although not unexpected, result is that while the optimal system is relatively ‘parameter-insensitive’ it is ‘criteria-sensitive’. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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