Jaffray, R. 2026. Development and evaluation of an open-source tool for machine scheduling in forest operational planning. MASc thesis, University of British Columbia.
Project
Rosalia Jaffray MASc thesis
A completed MASc thesis developing and evaluating FHOPS, an open-source machine-scheduling tool for forest operational planning.
Rosalia Jaffray's MASc thesis developed and evaluated FHOPS, the Forest Harvesting Operations Planning System, as an open-source tool for machine scheduling in forest operational planning.
The first thesis chapter, a systematic review of forest harvesting operational planning tools, has been published in the International Journal of Forest Engineering.
The second chapter, the FHOPS software paper, has been submitted to SoftwareX.
The third chapter evaluates rolling-horizon design for forest operations machine scheduling and is being rewritten for submission to the Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
Status
- Past MASc thesis
People And Roles
- Rosalia Jaffray: MASc student
- Gregory Paradis: supervisor
- Kathleen Coupland: collaborator
Outputs
- MASc thesis
- Published systematic review of forest harvesting operational planning tools
- FHOPS open-source software and benchmarking workflows
- Submitted SoftwareX manuscript on the FHOPS optimization and benchmarking stack
- Rolling-horizon machine-scheduling manuscript being rewritten for CJFR submission
References And Downloads
Jaffray, R., Coupland, K., and Paradis, G. 2026. Forest harvesting operational planning tools: a systematic review of optimization, simulation, and spatial decision support systems. International Journal of Forest Engineering.