Assignment problems in wildfire suppression: a case study on control of flight resources

The phenomenon of wildfires has become one of the biggest problems our forests are suffering due to the high frequency and intensity that has acquired in recent decades. As the budget and fire resources are limited, it is essential to control these catastrophic fires by making efficient decisions. I...

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Autores: Rodríguez Veiga, Jorge, Gómez Costa, Iván, Ginzo Villamayor, María José, Casas Méndez, Balbina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/32733
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32733
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:1209 Estadística
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Sumario:The phenomenon of wildfires has become one of the biggest problems our forests are suffering due to the high frequency and intensity that has acquired in recent decades. As the budget and fire resources are limited, it is essential to control these catastrophic fires by making efficient decisions. In this paper, we make use of operations research techniques that allow the optimal assignments of aircrafts to extinguishing wheels and to refueling points, which are two important tasks to be performed by the controller of aerial resources in a forest fire.