Fuzzy logic applied to prospecting for areas for installation of wood panel industries.

Journal: Journal of environmental management
PMID: 28237845

Abstract

Prospecting for suitable areas for forestry operations, where the objective is a reduction in production and transportation costs, as well as the maximization of profits and available resources, constitutes an optimization problem. However, fuzzy logic is an alternative method for solving this problem. In the context of prospecting for suitable areas for the installation of wood panel industries, we propose applying fuzzy logic analysis for simulating the planting of different species and eucalyptus hybrids in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The necessary methodological steps for this study are as follows: a) agriclimatological zoning of different species and eucalyptus hybrids; b) the selection of the vector variables; c) the application of the Euclidean distance to the vector variables; d) the application of fuzzy logic to matrix variables of the Euclidean distance; and e) the application of overlap fuzzy logic to locate areas for installation of wood panel industries. Among all the species and hybrids, Corymbia citriodora showed the highest percentage values for the combined very good and good classes, with 8.60%, followed by Eucalyptus grandis with 8.52%, Eucalyptus urophylla with 8.35% and Urograndis with 8.34%. The fuzzy logic analysis afforded flexibility in prospecting for suitable areas for the installation of wood panel industries in the Espírito Santo State can bring great economic and social benefits to the local population with the generation of jobs, income, tax revenues and GDP increase for the State and municipalities involved. The proposed methodology can be adapted to other areas and agricultural crops.

Authors

  • Alexandre Rosa Dos Santos
    Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000 Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil.
  • Ewerthon Mattos Paterlini
    Faculdade Norte Capixaba de São Mateus, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Electronic address: ewerthon.eim@gmail.com.
  • Nilton Cesar Fiedler
    Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: fiedler@cnpq.pq.br.
  • Carlos Antonio Alvares Soares Ribeiro
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: cribeiro@ufv.br.
  • Alexandre Simões Lorenzon
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: alelorenzon@yahoo.com.br.
  • Getulio Fonseca Domingues
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: getulio.floresta@gmail.com.
  • Gustavo Eduardo Marcatti
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: gustavomarcatti@gmail.com.
  • Nero Lemos Martins de Castro
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: nerolemos@yahoo.com.br.
  • Thaisa Ribeiro Teixeira
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: thaisarib@gmail.com.
  • Gleissy Mary Amaral Dino Alves Dos Santos
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, PostGraduate Programme in Agrochemistry, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: gleissym@yahoo.com.br.
  • Ronie Silva Juvanhol
    Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: roniejuvanhol@gmail.com.
  • Elvis Ricardo Figueira Branco
    Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: elvisgeoflorestal@gmail.com.
  • Pedro Henrique Santos Mota
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: pedromota.enf@gmail.com.
  • Lilianne Gomes da Silva
    Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Campus Ibatiba, 29395-000, Ibatiba, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: lilianne.silva@ifes.edu.br.
  • Daiani Bernardo Pirovani
    Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Campus Ibatiba, 29395-000, Ibatiba, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: daiani.pirovani@ifes.edu.br.
  • Waldir Cintra de Jesus
    Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: wcintra@yahoo.com.
  • Ana Carolina de Albuquerque Santos
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: anaflorestaufv@gmail.com.
  • Helio Garcia Leite
    Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: hgleite@ufv.br.
  • Setsuo Iwakiri
    Federal University of Paraná/UFPR, PostGraduate Programme in Forest engineering, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, 80210-170, Jardim Botânico, Campus III, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: setsuo.ufpr@gmail.com.

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