An Evaluation of the Use of Simulated Annealing to Optimize Thinning Rates for Single Even-Aged Stands

Table 4

Optimized thinning rates (%) provided by CFE and SA.

Age	S-H				S-F				L-H				L-F
	CFE	Best	Median	Worst	CFE	Best	Median	Worst	CFE	Best	Median	Worst	CFE	Best	Median	Worst
10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.4	2.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	5.9
15	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	21.3	20.4	20.8	30.0	26.8	19.4	21.7	30.0	26.8	19.6	1.2
20	20.0	18.5	18.5	18.5	50.0	50.0	49.7	50.0	0.0	1.7	4.6	6.3	0.0	4.0	4.6	3.0
25	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	25.7	19.1	1.1	20.0	22.3	15.4	2.5
30	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	49.5	10.0	1.4	7.7	38.8	10.0	6.2	8.9	16.0
35	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	40.8	43.3	0.0	35.0	36.7	29.5	16.4	35.0	35.3	23.1	21.5
40	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	30.0	39.4	36.3	19.4	0.0	0.2	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	2.9	43.3
45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45.0	43.4	44.8	50.0	0.0	0.1	1.4	8.1	0.0	0.3	2.6	1.3