Selection and Penalty Strategies for Genetic Algorithms Designed to Solve Spatial Forest Planning Problems

Table 2

Description of simulated landscapes; MO stands for minimal acres required to be in old-growth patches of a minimum size and TUB represents the nonspatial trivial upper bound as estimated using GAMS.

Landscape	Total area (ha)	Units	MO (ha)	TUB ($)
A	202.34 (500 ac)	100	40.47 (100 ac)	857077.28
B	1011.71 (2500 ac)	500	202.34 (500 ac)	3663275.48
C	9995.74 (24,700 ac)	1000	2023.43 (5000 ac)	37808102.09