Multiple-Knapsack Optimization in Land Conservation: Results from the First Cost-effective Conservation Program in the United States.
Conservation groups often piece together their parcel selections by combining funds from multiple sources. When applying multiple-knapsack optimization, substantial increases in conservation benefits, acreage, and number of parcels preserved can be achieved. Specifically, we show that multiple-knaps...
| Publicado en: | Land Economics Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 117 - 131 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Feb2016
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| Sumario: | Conservation groups often piece together their parcel selections by combining funds from multiple sources. When applying multiple-knapsack optimization, substantial increases in conservation benefits, acreage, and number of parcels preserved can be achieved. Specifically, we show that multiple-knapsack optimization substantially outperforms benefit targeting, cost-effectiveness analysis, and sequential binary integer programming. This study uses data from the first known cost-effective land conservation program in the United States--in Baltimore County, Maryland--and shows that multiple- knapsack optimization can deliver additional benefits. |
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