Determining the optimal log position during primary breakdown using internal wood scanning techniques and meta-heuristic algorithms

Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the 2009 financial year the sawlog production from plantations in South Africa amounted to 4.4 million m 3 and sawn timber of R4.2 billion was produced from these logs. At the current ave...

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Main Author: Van Zyl, Fritz
Other Authors: Van Dyk, L.
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6715