RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Discrete Event Simulation of A Municipal Street Tree Maintenance Operation
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 131
OP 136
DO 10.48044/jauf.2002.019
VO 28
IS 3
A1 McCabe, James J.
YR 2002
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/28/3/131.abstract
AB By using commercially available simulation software, a computer model for a typical municipal street tree maintenance operation is presented. Variables, such as the incoming work orders, crew assignments and productivity standards that represent the workflow of a service-on-demand street tree maintenance program, were included. Although additional simulated complexities are involved, the developed model provides a foundation from which managerial decision making and a typical tree care operation may be analyzed.