Fire Control and Land Management in the Chaparral (UMAP)

Author: William B. Gearhart and John G. Pierce

This module develops a Markov-chain model that can be used to evaluate strategies of fire control and land management in the Chaparral.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

A MARKOV-CHAIN MODEL
Model Development
A Markov Chain
The Steady-State Vector

A CONTROL MODEL
Model of Prescribed Burning
Sustainable Removal Policy
An Optimization Problem
The Optimal Solution

CONCLUSION

SAMPLE EXAM

SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES

SAMPLE EXAM SOLUTIONS

APPENDIX

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

PRESCRIBED BURN (reprint)