This paper considers situations characterized by a common-pool resource, which needs to be divided among agents. Each of the agents has some claim on this pool and an individual reward function for assigned resources. This paper analyzes not only the problem of maximizing the total joint reward, but also the allocation of these rewards among the agents. Analyzing these situations a new class of...

With a dedicated definition of ‘Context’ in image understanding systems, we present in this paper a novel context modelling and classification system. The main goal behind multimodal context modelling is to identify the context type from video-surveillance footage of multipurpose halls. First, the distribution of the different zones in a multipurpose hall is automatically captured using a dedic...

inappropriate patterns and drastic changes in land-use have caused the severe environmental crisis. therefore, it is necessary to accomplish any plan in relation to establishment of different activities with respect to land capabilities and land-use evaluation thought. in this study, ecological capabilities and the site selection of land uses in babolrood basin, mazandaran province were evaluat...

background & aim: in recent years, iran and other countries pay special attention to side effects of chemical plants. this interest in plants and their derivatives leads to business of medicinal plants. in caspian region, in forestry projects there are many plant species with medicinal uses from which the locale indigenous used due to traditional experience without any especial processing i...

Modeling forest and range land development in rural locations, with examples from eastern Oregon Jeffrey D. Kline a,∗, Alissa Moses b, Gary J. Lettman b, David L. Azuma c a USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA b Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, 2600 State Street Salem, OR 97310, USA c USDA For...

The trade relationship between small-scale growers and processing companies often plays an important role in determining the nature and extent of benefi ts derived from commercial forestry, and the distribution of these benefi ts. Many strategies are used by individual small-scale growers, village communities, companies and government agencies to form partnerships to undertake commercial forest...

1 Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, 2 Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, 3 Department of Plant Sciences, Tree Protect...

1 Natural Resources Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, 2 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, 3 Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC,...

Xiao-Yi Wang, Zhong-Qi Yang , , Juli R. Gould, Hui Wu and Jian-Hai Ma The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Otis ANGB, MA 02542 5008, USA Forestry Bureau of Sanming City in Fu...