title: Fuzzy logic applied to prospecting for areas for installation of wood panel industries.
abstract: Prospecting for suitable areas for forestry operations, where the objective is a reduction in production and transportation costs, as well as the maximization of profits and available resources, constitutes an optimization problem. However, fuzzy logic is an alternative method for solving this problem. In the context of prospecting for suitable areas for the installation of wood panel industries, we propose applying fuzzy logic analysis for simulating the planting of different species and eucalyptus hybrids in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The necessary methodological steps for this study are as follows: a) agriclimatological zoning of different species and eucalyptus hybrids; b) the selection of the vector variables; c) the application of the Euclidean distance to the vector variables; d) the application of fuzzy logic to matrix variables of the Euclidean distance; and e) the application of overlap fuzzy logic to locate areas for installation of wood panel industries. Among all the species and hybrids, Corymbia citriodora showed the highest percentage values for the combined very good and good classes, with 8.60%, followed by Eucalyptus grandis with 8.52%, Eucalyptus urophylla with 8.35% and Urograndis with 8.34%. The fuzzy logic analysis afforded flexibility in prospecting for suitable areas for the installation of wood panel industries in the Espírito Santo State can bring great economic and social benefits to the local population with the generation of jobs, income, tax revenues and GDP increase for the State and municipalities involved. The proposed methodology can be adapted to other areas and agricultural crops.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, Department of Rural Engineering, Alto Universitário, s/n, 29500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: alexandre.santos@pq.cnpq.br.
authors.forename: Alexandre Rosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Norte Capixaba de São Mateus, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Electronic address: ewerthon.eim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ewerthon Mattos
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Paterlini
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: fiedler@cnpq.pq.br.
authors.forename: Nilton Cesar
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: cribeiro@ufv.br.
authors.forename: Carlos Antonio Alvares Soares
authors.initials: CAAS
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: alelorenzon@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Alexandre Simões
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lorenzon
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: getulio.floresta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Getulio Fonseca
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: gustavomarcatti@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gustavo Eduardo
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Marcatti
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: nerolemos@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Nero Lemos Martins
authors.initials: NLM
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: thaisarib@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thaisa Ribeiro
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, PostGraduate Programme in Agrochemistry, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: gleissym@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Gleissy Mary Amaral Dino Alves
authors.initials: GMADA
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: roniejuvanhol@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ronie Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Juvanhol
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: elvisgeoflorestal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elvis Ricardo Figueira
authors.initials: ERF
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: pedromota.enf@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pedro Henrique Santos
authors.initials: PHS
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.affiliation: Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Campus Ibatiba, 29395-000, Ibatiba, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: lilianne.silva@ifes.edu.br.
authors.forename: Lilianne Gomes
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Campus Ibatiba, 29395-000, Ibatiba, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: daiani.pirovani@ifes.edu.br.
authors.forename: Daiani Bernardo
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Pirovani
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Sciences, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, 29550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil. Electronic address: wcintra@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Waldir Cintra
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: de Jesus
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: anaflorestaufv@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina de Albuquerque
authors.initials: ACA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, Department of Forest Engineering, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: hgleite@ufv.br.
authors.forename: Helio Garcia
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Paraná/UFPR, PostGraduate Programme in Forest engineering, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, 80210-170, Jardim Botânico, Campus III, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: setsuo.ufpr@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Setsuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwakiri
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D005052:Eucalyptus; D016468:Forestry; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D014934:Wood
keywords: Forestry planning; Geotechnology; Multi-criteria analysis; Spatial analysis