Military Readiness and Environmental Protection through Cost-effective Land Conservation
研究美国国防部基地的优化模型，发现其能在不增加成本的情况下将军事战备和环境保护效益提高21%，或节省37%的成本达到同等效益。
Harboring a high density of threatened and endangered species on its bases leaves the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with a critical responsibility: establishing sound environmental policies while also continuing training and ensuring military readiness. This dual objective is the goal of the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program, a large conservation fund for military installations that is mandated to be cost-effective. Analyzing a unique DoD data set, we show that use of optimization models generates a 21% increase in military readiness and environmental protection or achieves the same benefits as benefit targeting at a cost saving of 37%. <i></i>