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==FORSYS – this is our FOCUS==
FORSYS aims at producing decision support '''guidelines''' for forest management planning problems, where a forest management planning problem involves …

* the definition of the timing and location of forest management options in a unit of forestland over a planning horizon,
* in order to approximate or optimize management objectives,
* that are single or multiple and relate to goods and services that are traded or non-traded, and
* subject to resource constraints.

Thus the output of a decision support tool as understood in FORSYS ideally includes …

* an efficient set of actions,
* tradeoffs between management goals, and
* impacts of changing and uncertain parameters.

== Problem types==
Guidelines will be created for a number of classes of forest management planning problems, or '''problem types'''. Each problem type shares a number of dimensions. At present 10 different problem types are defined. They represent our minimal commitment; more problem types can be covered in due course of FORSYS.

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!PROBLEM TYPES||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||...
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|DIMENSIONS
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|'''Temporal scale'''
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|Long term (strategic)||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||||||x||
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|Medium term (tactical)||||||||||||||||x||||||
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|Short term (operational)||||||||||||||||||x||||
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|'''Spatial context '''
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|Non spatial||x||x||x||x||x||||||||||x||
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|Spatial||||||||||||x||x||x||x||||
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|'''Spatial Scale'''
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|Stand level||x||x||x||||||||||||||||
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|Forest level||||||||x||x||x||x||x||x||||
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|Regional/national level||||||||||||||||||||x||
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|'''Decision making dimension'''
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|Unilateral||x||x||x||x||||||x||x||x||||
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|Collegial||||||||||x||x||||||||x||
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|Bargaining / participative||||||||||||||||||||||
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|'''Participation process'''
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|None||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Public||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Restricted public||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Stakeholder||||||||||||||||||||||
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|'''Objectives dimension'''
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|Single||x||||||||||||||||||||
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|Multiple||||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||
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|'''Goods and services dimension'''
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|Market non wood products||||||x||||x||x||x||x||x||x||
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|Market wood products||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||
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|Market services||||||||||||x||||||||x||
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|Non market services||||||||||||x||||||||x||
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* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 1 | Problem Type 1]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 2 | Problem Type 2]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 3 | Problem Type 3]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 4 | Problem Type 4]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 5 | Problem Type 5]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 6 | Problem Type 6]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 7 | Problem Type 7]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 8 | Problem Type 8]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 9 | Problem Type 9]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 10 | Problem Type 10]]
* [[Guidelines/Problem Type 11 | Problem Type 11]]
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