Research areas

Dynamic Optimization

Paul L. Fackler and Krishna Pacifici. Addressing Structural and Observational Uncertainty in Resource Management. Journal of Environmental Management, 133 (2014): 27-36.

Paul L. Fackler. “Category count models for resource management.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3(2012): 555–563.

Methodology in Resource Management

Paul L. Fackler (2018) Gambling with extinction: Comments on Chauvenet et al. (2010). Ecological Applications. Accepted for publication.

Fackler PL, Pacifici K, Martin J, McIntyre C (2014) Efficient Use of Information in Adaptive Management with an Application to Managing Recreation near Golden Eagle Nesting Sites. PLoS ONE 9(8): e102434. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102434

Paul L. Fackler and Robert G. Haight. (2014). Monitoring as a Partially Observable Decision Problem. Resource and Energy Economics. 37: 226–241

Lucile Marescot, Guillaume Chapron, Iadine Chadès, Paul L. Fackler, Christophe Duchamp, Eric Marboutin and Olivier Gimenez. Complex decisions made simple: a primer on stochastic dynamic programming. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(2013):872-884.

Applications of dynamic optimization in resource management

Jaime A. Collazo, Adam J. Terando, Augustin C. Engman, Paul F. Fackler & Thomas J. Kwak (2018) Toward a Resilience-Based Conservation Strategy for Wetlands in Puerto Rico: Meeting Challenges Posed by Environmental

David R. Smith, Paul L. Fackler, Sheila M. Eyler, Laura Villegas Ortiz & Stuart A. Welsh (2017) Optimization of Decision Rules for Hydroelectric Operation to Reduce Both Eel Mortality and Unnecessary Turbine Shutdown: A Search for a Win-Win Solution. River Research and Applications. 33: 1279–1285. 10.1002/rra.3182

David Kling, James Sanchirico and Paul L. Fackler (2017) Optimal monitoring and control under state uncertainty: application to lionfish management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 84: 223-245. 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.01.001.

Baggio, Michele and P.L. Fackler. (2016). Optimal management with reversible regime shifts. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 132:124-136.

MacLachlan, Matthew J., Michael R. Springborn and Paul L. Fackler (2016) Learning about a Moving Target in Resource Management: Optimal Bayesian Disease Control. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99: 140-162.

Fred A. Johnson, Paul L. Fackler, G. Scott Boomer, Guthrie Zimmerman, Byron K. Williams, James D. Nichols and Robert M. Dorazio (2016) State-Dependent Resource Harvesting With Lagged Information About System States. PLoS ONE, 11(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157373.

Paul L. Fackler. (2014) Structural and Observational Uncertainty in Environmental and Natural Resource Management. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics. 7:1-31.

Jaime A. Collazo, Paul L. Fackler, Krishna Pacifici, Thomas H. White Jr., Ivan Llerandi-Roman and Stephen J. Dinsmore. Optimal allocation of captive-reared Puerto Rican parrots: Decisions when divergent dynamics characterize managed populations. Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(2013):1124-1134.

Martin J, Fackler PL, Nichols JD, Lubow BL, Runge, MC, McIntyre CL, Lubow BL, McCluskie MC, Schmutz JA. “Adaptive-Management Framework for Optimal Control of Hiking Near Golden Eagles Nests in Denali National Park.” Conservation Biology 25(2011): 316–323.

Martin J, Nichols JD, Fackler PL, Lubow BL, Eaton MJ, Runge, MC, Stih BM, Langtimm CA. “Structured decision making as a proactive approach to dealing with sea level rise in Florida.” Climatic Change 107(2011): 185-202.