OPTIMISING SPACING AND STANDARDS OF LOGGING ROADS ON UNIFORM TERRAIN

Abstract

A technique is presented for determining the optimal spacing of local and collector roads on uniform terrain including the choice of collector road standard. An expression for total skidding , truck transport, and road construction costs is formulated. The Hooke and Jeeves Pattern Search algorithm is used to determine the local and collector road spacing and road standard along the collection road that minimises the average cost per unit volume removed.