This thesis presents a catch allocation model that was developed for J.S. McMillan
Fisheries, Ltd. A linear program (LP) was developed to allocate chum salmon catches of
variable size to a set of end products, where both the input salmon and output products
are differentiated based on strict physical characteristics and quality requirements. The
LP is designed to maximise the net profit of a catch subject to constraints on processing
line capacity, market orders, and an upper boundary on production. A decision support
tool was built around the LP model to facilitate user-directed reporting and updating of
model parameters. The decision tool was shown to improve the structuring of the
decision process, decrease the company's reliance on expert knowledge in making the
catch allocation decision, as well as significantly decrease the time investment in the
decision process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/11411 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Morrison, Laura Jean |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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