Date of Award
8-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Legacy Department
Mathematics
Committee Chair/Advisor
Shier, Dr. Douglas
Committee Member
Kerivin , Dr. Herve
Committee Member
Tonkyn , Dr. David
Committee Member
Saltzman , Dr. Matthew
Abstract
Over the past decades, a number of mathematical models and solution techniques have been developed to preserve reserve sites for species and their natural habitats. Two optimization models for designing spatially compact ecological reserve systems are addressed here as zero-one integer programming problems. These formulations have a bicriteria objective function that is a combination of both boundary length and distance. The two formulations cluster the sites into a relatively small number of compact groups while preserving a required number of sites that contain a certain species using a given amount of resources. Two general types of approaches have been developed to solve the resulting mathematical models: exact and heuristic algorithms.
Recommended Citation
Weerasena, Lakmali, "Optimization Models for Designing Spatially Compact Ecological Reserve Systems" (2009). All Theses. 661.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_theses/661