Paul L. Fackler

Works (36)

Updated: April 3rd, 2024 16:18

2021 journal article

Integrated hierarchical models to inform management of transitional habitat and the recovery of a habitat specialist

ECOSPHERE, 12(1).

By: M. Eaton n , D. Breininger *, J. Nichols *, P. Fackler n, S. McGee*, M. Smurl*, D. DeMeyer, J. Baker*, M. Zondervan

Contributors: M. Eaton n , D. Breininger *, J. Nichols *, P. Fackler n, S. McGee*, M. Smurl*, D. DeMeyer, J. Baker*, M. Zondervan

author keywords: adaptive management; Aphelocoma coerulescens; Bayesian modeling; Florida scrub-jay; habitat specialization; hierarchical models; Markov transitions; model updating; parameter estimation; transitional habitat management
TL;DR: A set of integrated, hierarchical models to estimate management-mediated transition rates among vegetation classes in two dominant scrub communities and the species response (local colonization and extinction probabilities) as a function of habitat state are developed. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 1, 2021

2020 journal article

Category count models for adaptive management of metapopulations: Case study of an imperiled salamander

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 2(4).

By: . Katherine M. O'Donnell *, P. Fackler n, F. Johnson *, M. Bonneau, J. Martin * & S. Walls *

author keywords: adaptive management; Ambystoma; amphibian; decision analysis; endangered species; flatwoods salamander; Markov decision process; stochastic dynamic programming
TL;DR: The simulated metapopulation dynamics using the resulting optimal management policy found that under model FSQ, occupancy steadily declined over time, indicating that populations would rapidly become extirpated; with model EMA, occupancy remained stable, suggesting that populations will persist only if additional actions are applied and are effective. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 26, 2020

2020 personal communication

Gambling with extinction: comments on Chauvenet et al. (2010)

Fackler, P. L. (2020, January).

By: P. Fackler n

MeSH headings : Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Endangered Species; Extinction, Biological; Resource Allocation
TL;DR: The question of how a fixed budget to address a conservation problem should be allocated among alternative activities was addressed in Chauvenet, Baxter, McDonald-Madden & Possingham (2010) (henceforth CBMP) which focused on the Sumatran tiger. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 21, 2020

2019 journal article

Algorithm 993: Efficient Computation with Kronecker Products

ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE, 45(2).

By: P. Fackler n

author keywords: Tensor products; Kronecker products
TL;DR: An algorithm for multiplying a chain of Kronecker products by a matrix by providing a simple method to determine the optimal ordering of the workflow and shows how shuffling of data can be avoided. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 9, 2019

2019 journal article

Toward a Resilience-Based Conservation Strategy for Wetlands in Puerto Rico: Meeting Challenges Posed by Environmental Change

WETLANDS, 39(6), 1255–1269.

By: J. Collazo n , A. Terando*, A. Engman n, P. Fackler n & T. Kwak n 

author keywords: Adaptation strategies; Coastal wetlands; Decision models; Eleutherodactylus spp.; Puerto Rico; Resiliency; Sicydium spp.; Vulnerability; Watershed
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: March 30, 2020

2017 journal article

LEARNING ABOUT A MOVING TARGET IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: OPTIMAL BAYESIAN DISEASE CONTROL

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 99(1), 140–162.

By: M. Maclachlan*, M. Springborn * & P. Fackler n

author keywords: Bioeconomics; dynamic programming; density projection; disease testing; POMDP; uncertainty
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Optimal monitoring and control under state uncertainty: Application to lionfish management

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 84, 223–245.

By: D. Kling*, J. Sanchirico * & P. Fackler n

author keywords: Monitoring; State uncertainty; Bioeconomics; Partially observable Markov decision process; Invasive species; Lionfish
TL;DR: It is found that the ability to learn through monitoring can alter the role of population control in the optimal policy function, for example by reducing control intensity in favor of monitoring. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: June 6, 2020

2017 journal article

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(8), 1279–1285.

By: D. Smith *, P. Fackler n, S. Eyler*, L. Ortiz n & S. Welsh*

author keywords: American eel; decision analysis; hydropower; trade-offs
TL;DR: A predictive model for eel migration based on a recent telemetry study was used to develop decision rules for turbine management in the Shenandoah River system and a range of cut‐off probabilities resulted in a win–win situation with both reduced eel mortality and increased turbine operation relative to the current shutdown strategy. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Optimal management with reversible regime shifts

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, 132, 124–136.

By: M. Baggio* & P. Fackler n

author keywords: Adaptive management; Bioeconomic modeling; Fisheries; Partial observability; Partially Observable Markov Decision; Process; Regime switching
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

State-Dependent Resource Harvesting with Lagged Information about System States

PLOS ONE, 11(6).

By: F. Johnson *, P. Fackler n, G. Boomer*, G. Zimmerman *, B. Williams *, J. Nichols *, R. Dorazio *

MeSH headings : Animals; Anseriformes; Conservation of Natural Resources; Decision Making; Humans; Markov Chains; Natural Resources; Ponds; Population Density; United States
TL;DR: This study focuses on the modification of a traditional MDP to account for those cases in which an action must be chosen after a significant time lag in observing system state, but just prior to a new observation. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Addressing structural and observational uncertainty in resource management

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 133, 27–36.

By: P. Fackler n & K. Pacifici n 

author keywords: Adaptive management; Natural resources; Partial observability; Partially observable Markov decision process; Structural uncertainty
MeSH headings : Conservation of Natural Resources; Decision Making, Organizational; Ecology; Markov Chains; Uncertainty
TL;DR: This work presents a unifying framework that extends standard POMDPs and encompasses both standard and Adaptive Management, enabling both structural and observational uncertainty to be simultaneously modeled. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Efficient Use of Information in Adaptive Management with an Application to Managing Recreation near Golden Eagle Nesting Sites

PLoS ONE, 9(8), e102434.

By: P. Fackler n, K. Pacifici n , J. Martin * & C. McIntyre*

Ed(s): A. Margalida

MeSH headings : Animals; Eagles / physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Models, Biological; Nesting Behavior / physiology
TL;DR: This paper uses an extension of the Partial Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP) framework to expand the information set used to update belief in competing models and applies this framework to a case study wherein interest lies in managing recreational restrictions around golden eagle nesting sites. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Monitoring as a partially observable decision problem

RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 37, 226–241.

By: P. Fackler n & R. Haight*

author keywords: Environmental monitoring; Dynamic programming; Partial observability; Value of information; POMDP
TL;DR: An overview of the POMDP framework and its applications to resource monitoring is presented and it is demonstrated how the timing of monitoring in relation to resource treatment and transition can have substantial effects on optimal monitoring strategies. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Reducing fatigue damage for ships in transit through structured decision making

Marine Structures, 38, 18–43.

By: J. Nichols*, P. Fackler n, K. Pacifici n , K. Murphy * & J. Nichols *

author keywords: Structured Decision Making; Fatigue damage; Structural reliability
TL;DR: This work describes a structured decision making (SDM) process for taking available information and producing a plan of action for maintaining the structure and shows the benefit of SDM over heuristic approaches to maintaining the vessel. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 review

Complex decisions made simple: a primer on stochastic dynamic programming

[Review of ]. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 4(9), 872–884.

By: L. Marescot*, G. Chapron *, I. Chades *, P. Fackler n, C. Duchamp*, E. Marboutin*, O. Gimenez *

author keywords: Canis lupus; decision-making techniques; markov decision process; optimization methods; stochastic dynamic programming
TL;DR: This review explains the main concepts of stochastic dynamic programming and provides useful guidelines to implement this technique, including R code, using a wildlife management problem of the French wolf population. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Optimal allocation of captive-reared Puerto Rican parrots: Decisions when divergent dynamics characterize managed populations

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(6), 1124–1134.

By: J. Collazo n, P. Fackler n, K. Pacifici n , T. White*, I. Llerandi-Roman & S. Dinsmore *

author keywords: allocation; captive-reared birds; conservation; costs; optimization; population growth; Puerto Rican Parrot; recurrent decisions; reintroduction
TL;DR: This analysis explored the optimal allocation of captive-reared Puerto Rican parrots (Amazona vittata) to 3 distinct populations: a struggling relict, a successfully reintroduced population, and a potential (new) population (population 3). (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 24, 2020

2013 journal article

Sophia title

Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(6), 1124–1134.

By: J. Collazo , P. Fackler, K. Pacifici , T. White, I. Llerandi-Roman & S. Dinsmore

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Category count models for resource management

METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 3(3), 555–563.

By: P. Fackler*

author keywords: dynamic programming; implicit spatial models; Markov models
TL;DR: This paper provides for the first time a general framework for category count models and is applied to an existing application (the management of habitat for a threatened species), demonstrating the importance of modelling the stochasticity inherent in the problem. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

An Adaptive-Management Framework for Optimal Control of Hiking Near Golden Eagle Nests in Denali National Park

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 25(2), 316–323.

By: J. Martin *, P. Fackler n, J. Nichols *, M. Runge *, C. McIntyre*, B. Lubow*, M. McCluskie*, J. Schmutz*

author keywords: fluctuating populations; human disturbance; multistate site occupancy models; risk analysis; severe uncertainty; structured decision making; analisis de riesgo; incertidumbre severa; modelos de ocupacion de sitios con multiples estados; perturbacion humana; poblaciones fluctuantes; toma de decisiones estructurada
MeSH headings : Alaska; Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Decision Making; Eagles; Endangered Species; Models, Theoretical; Recreation; Risk Assessment; Uncertainty
TL;DR: An adaptive-management framework is used to develop guidelines for optimally managing hiking activities to maintain desired levels of territory occupancy and reproductive success of Golden Eagles in Denali National Park to reduce disturbance. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Solving optimal timing problems in environmental economics

RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 33(3), 761–768.

By: M. Balikcioglu*, P. Fackler n & R. Pindyck*

author keywords: Environmental policy; Uncertainty; Optimal stopping; Irreveribilities; Climate change
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Structured decision making as a proactive approach to dealing with sea level rise in Florida

CLIMATIC CHANGE, 107(1-2), 185–202.

By: J. Martin *, P. Fackler n, J. Nichols *, B. Lubow*, M. Eaton* , M. Runge *, B. Stith*, C. Langtimm*

Contributors: J. Martin *, P. Fackler n, J. Nichols *, B. Lubow*, M. Eaton* , M. Runge *, B. Stith*, C. Langtimm*

TL;DR: The ideas about adaptation of natural resource management to SLR are illustrated by modeling a non-stationary system using a numerical example and additional examples of an SDM approach for managing species that may be affected bySLR are provided, with a focus on the endangered Florida manatee. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Estimating the degree of market integration

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 90(1), 69–85.

By: P. Fackler n & H. Tastan *

author keywords: indirect inference; market integration; price analysis
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Where to put things? Spatial land management to sustain biodiversity and economic returns

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 141(6), 1505–1524.

By: S. Polasky *, E. Nelson *, J. Camm*, B. Csuti, P. Fackler n, E. Lonsdorf *, C. Montgomery *, D. White* ...

author keywords: conservation planning; efficiency frontier; land use; tradeoffs; terrestrial vertebrates; survival probability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 article

Comment on Conrad and Kotani

Fackler, P. L. (2007, May). RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, Vol. 29, pp. 159–164.

By: P. Fackler n

author keywords: resource development; real options theory; ANWR
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

A MATLAB Solver for Nonlinear Rational Expectations Models

Computational Economics, 26(2), 173–181.

By: P. Fackler n

TL;DR: A framework for describing nonlinear rational expectation models is developed that synthesizes previously described approaches and a user-friendly MATLAB procedure that incorporates a wide variety of possible choices is described. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Crossref
Added: January 14, 2021

2005 journal article

Conserving species in a working landscape: Land use with biological and economic objectives

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 15(4), 1387–1401.

By: S. Polasky*, E. Nelson *, E. Lonsdorf *, P. Fackler n & A. Starfield*

author keywords: biological conservation and economic production; conserving biodiversity; economic-ecological model; efficiency frontier; integrated; land use; working landscape
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2004 journal article

Managing resistance evolution in two pests to two toxins with refugia

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 86(1), 1–13.

By: M. Livingston*, G. Carlson n & P. Fackler n

author keywords: Bt cotton; bollworm; budworm; pyrethroids; refuge policy; renewable susceptibility; resistance management
TL;DR: Analysis of non-Bt cotton (refuge) planting requirements designed to manage Bt-resistance evolution in the midsouth suggests that reduced refuge requirements would enhance producer profitability, sprayed refugia are more cost effective than unsprayedRefugia, and producers would receive slightly higher returns under dynamic relative to static refuge policies. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2002 book

Applied computational economics and finance

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

By: M. Miranda & P. Fackler

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2002 journal article

Optimal storage by crop producers

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 84(3), 645–659.

By: P. Fackler n & M. Livingston n

author keywords: commodity marketing; options; storage
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2002 journal article

Use of mathematical models to estimate characteristics of pyrethroid resistance in tobacco budworm and bollworm (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) field populations

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 95(5), 1008–1017.

By: M. Livingston *, G. Carlson n & P. Fackler n

author keywords: Heliothis virescens; Helicoverpa zea; pyrethroid resistance; mathematical model; relative fitness estimates; fitness cost
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacillus thuringiensis; Computer Simulation; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticides; Mathematical Computing; Models, Genetic; Moths / genetics; Pest Control, Biological / methods; Tobacco
TL;DR: Time-series data on pyrethroid tolerance and simple genetic models used to estimate underlying genetic and biological parameters associated with resistance evolution in tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens, and bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, Louisiana field populations indicated that fitness costsassociated with resistance selected against resistance alleles in the absence of selection pressure in the tobacco budworms, but not in the bollworms. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

1999 journal article

What causes commodity price backwardation?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 81(4), 761–771.

By: D. Frechette* & P. Fackler n

author keywords: backwardation; futures prices; location; storage; transportation
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

1998 journal article

Experimental markets using the electronic market place (EMP)

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 30(1), 151–162.

By: P. Fackler n & K. McNew

TL;DR: A computer system for implementing electronic markets on networks of personal computers allows a researcher or teacher to design market simulations to meet a variety of goals, and records a complete set of market activities for analysis. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

1997 journal article

Testing market equilibrium: Is cointegration informative?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 22(2), 191–207.

By: K. McNew & P. Fackler

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

1991 journal article

MODELING INTERDEPENDENCE - AN APPROACH TO SIMULATION AND ELICITATION

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 73(4), 1091–1097.

By: P. Fackler n

author keywords: PROBABILITY ELICITATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY
TL;DR: A method for eliciting probability information about jointly dependent random variables and incorporating that information directly in a method for generating simulated random variables is developed, particularly useful in situations in which information on several interdependent variables is required. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

1990 journal article

CALIBRATION OF OPTION-BASED PROBABILITY ASSESSMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY-MARKETS

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 72(1), 73–83.

By: P. Fackler n & R. King*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

1989 journal article

A note on alternative market and governmental risk transference mechanisms

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 21(2), 203.

By: P. Fackler n

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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