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 An Intertemporal Linear Programming Model for Pipfruit Orchard Replacement Decisions

Table of Contents

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• FOREWORD
  
• 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Objective and outline of paper
    
• 2 METHOD - CHOICE OF TECHNIQUE AND THE MODEL
  • 2.1 Choice of technique
    • 2.1.1 Alternatives that could be used
    • 2.1.2 Effect of LP assumptions on suitability to replacement decisions
  • 2.2 Model Structure
    • 2.2.1 Activities
    • 2.2.2 Objective function
    • 2.2.3 Constraints
  • 2.3 Data used
  • 2.4 Validation Strategy
    
• 3 RESULTS
  • 3.2 Sensitivity Analysis
    • 3.2.1 Discount rate
    • 3.2.2 Effect of starting variety mix
    • 3.2.3 Harvest restrictions
  • 3.3 Value of simplifying the model
    
• 4 CONCLUSIONS
  • Acknowledgements
    
• References
  
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