Publications

Fire

Liberatore, Federico,   León, Javier,  Hearne, John,  Vitoriano, Begoña “Fuel management operations planning in fire management: A bilevel optimisation approach”. In: Safety Science 137, May 2021, 105181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105181

León, J., Reijnders, V.M.J.J., Hearne, J.W. et al. “A Landscape-Scale Optimisation Model to Break the Hazardous Fuel Continuum While Maintaining Habitat Quality”. In: Environmental Modeling and Assessment (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-018-9642-2

Roozbeh, I. Ozlen, M. Hearne, J. W. “An Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for asset protection during escaped wildfires”. In: Computers & Operations Research 97 (2018), pp. 125–134.

Rachmawati, R. Ozlen, M. Hearne, J. Reinke, K. “Fuel treatment planning: Fragmenting high fuel load areas while maintaining availability and connectivity of faunal habitat”. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling 54 (2018), pp. 298–310.

van der Merwe, M. Ozlen, M. Hearne, J. W. Minas, J. P. “Dynamic rerouting of vehicles during cooperative wildfire response operations”. In: Annals of Operations Research 254.1 (2017), pp. 467–480. issn: 1572-9338. doi: 10.1007/s10479-017-2473-8. url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2473-8.

Minas, J. P. Hearne, J. W. “An optimization model for aggregation of prescribed burn units”. In: Top 24.1 (2016), pp. 180–195.

Rachmawati, R. Ozlen, M. Reinke, K. J. Hearne, J. W. “An optimisation approach for fuel treatment planning to break the connectivity of high-risk regions”. In: Forest Ecology and Management 368 (2016), pp. 94–104.

Rachmawati, R. Ozlen, M. Reinke, K. J. Hearne, J. W. “A model for solving the prescribed burn planning problem”. In: SpringerPlus 4.1 (2015), pp. 1–21.

van der Merwe, M. Minas, J. P. Ozlen, M. Hearne, J. W. “A mixed integer programming approach for asset protection during escaped wildfires”. In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45.4 (2014), pp. 444–451.

Minas, J. P. Hearne, J. W. Martell, D. L. “A spatial optimisation model for multi-period landscape level fuel management to mitigate wildfire impacts”. In: European Journal of Operational Research 232.2 (2014), pp. 412–422.

Minas, J. Hearne, J. Martell, D. “An integrated optimization model for fuel management and fire suppression preparedness planning”. In: Annals of Operations Research (2013), pp. 1–15.

Minas, J. P. Hearne, J. W. Handmer, J. W. “A review of operations research methods applicable to wildfire management”. In: International Journal of Wildland Fire 21.3 (2012), pp. 189–196.

Van Langevelde, F. Van De Vijver, C. A. Kumar, L. Van De Koppel, J. De Ridder, N. Van Andel, J. Skidmore, A. K. Hearne, J. W. Stroosnijder, L. Bond, W. J. “Effects of fire and herbivory on the stability of savanna ecosystems”. In: Ecology 84.2 (2003), pp. 337–350.

Berjak, S. G. Hearne, J. W. “An improved cellular automaton model for simulating fire in a spatially heterogeneous Savanna system”. In: Ecological Modelling 148.2 (2002), pp. 133–151.

Berjak, S. G. Hearne, J. W. “Spatial fire modeling in Mkuze Game Reserve: A case study”. In: ORiON 18:37-57 (2002).

Conservation

C Gerling, O Schöttker, J Hearne, “The ‘Climate Adaptation Problem’ in Biodiversity Conservation: The Value of Spatial Flexibility in Land Purchase”. In: Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-27(2024).

Charlotte Gerling, Oliver Schöttker,  John Hearne, “The multi-period reserve design problem under climate change”. In: Sustainability Analytics and Modeling, 3, 2023, 100025,
ISSN 2667-2596, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.samod.2023.100025.

Hearne, J. Apaloo, J. “Resolving an issue arising from translocation strategy for saving the black rhino”. In: Journal of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research (JMSOR) 1.1 (2014).

Jafari, N. Hearne, J. “A new method to solve the fully connected Reserve Network Design Problem”. In: European Journal of Operational Research 231.1 (2013), pp. 202–209.

Cromsigt, J. P. Hearne, J. Heitk¨nig, I. M. Prins, H. H. “Using models in the management of black rhino populations”. In: Ecological modelling 149.1(2002), pp. 203–211.

Hearne, J. W. Swart, J. “Modeling: A Tool for Enhancing the Survival Prospects of African Wildlife”. In: Natural Resource Modeling 13.1 (2000), pp. 35–55.

Hearne, J. Swart, J. “Optimal translocation strategies for saving the black rhino”. In: Ecological Modelling 59.3 (1991), pp. 279–292.

Wildlife

Hearne, J.W., Peel, M.J.S., Prins, H.H.T., “Population Dynamics of Buffalo: The Effects of Droughts and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics”. In: Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo. Ed. Alexandre Caron, Daniel Cornélis, Philippe Chardonnet, and Herbert H.T. Prins. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation. Cambridge University Press 2023, 180-204.  DOI 10.1017/9781009006828.011.

Alrashidi, M. E. Hearne, J. W. McArthur, L. Zorzan, C. “Cooperative considerations for a mobile resource that transcends property boundaries”. In: Natural Resource Modeling 30.4 (2017). e12138, e12138–n/a. issn: 1939-7445. doi: 10.1111/nrm.12138. url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12138.

Mwakiwa, E. Hearne, J. W. Stigter, J. D. De Boer, W. F. Henley, M. Slotow, R. Van Langevelde, F. Peel, M. Grant, C. C. Prins, H. H. “Optimization of net returns from wildlife consumptive and non-consumptive uses by game reserve management”. In: Environmental Conservation 43.02 (2016), pp. 128–139.

Bedford, R. Hearne, J. Gorfine, H. “Implications of the dichotomy between the spatial scales at which abalone are managed and harvested”. In: Fisheries Management and Ecology 20.4 (2013), pp. 338–345.

Bedford, R. Hearne, J. Wang, Y, Gorfine, H. Taylor, B, “Evaluating alternative management strategies for abalone”. In: Natural Resource Modeling 26.4(2013), pp. 628–647.

Moloney, P. D. Hearne, J. W. “Harvesting Freely Roaming Public Resources: Can Property Owners Harvest Kangaroos Utilizing Their Land Without Impacting Neighbors?” In: Environmental Modeling & Assessment 18.6(2013), pp. 639–646.

Mwakiwa, E. Boer, W. F. Hearne, J. W. Slotow, R. Langevelde, F. Peel, M. Grant, C. C. Pretorius, Y. Stigter, J. D. Skidmore, A. K. “Optimization of wildlife management in a large game reserve through waterpoints manipulation: A bio-economic analysis”. In: Journal of environmental management 114 (2013), pp. 352–361.

Hearne, J. Santika, T, Goodman, P, “Portfolio selection theory and wildlife management”. In: ORiON 24.2 (2012), pp. 103–113.

Moloney, P. Hearne, J. Gordon, I. Mcleod, S. “Portfolio optimization techniques for a mixed-grazing scenario for Australia’s rangelands”. In: Natural Resource Modeling 24.1 (2011), pp. 102–116.

Hearne, J. “A market-driven approach to the optimal stocking problem on African game ranches”. In: Journal of the Operational Research Society 58.4 (2007), pp. 423–428.

Apaloo, J. Muir, P. W. Hearne, J. W. “Multi-species evolutionary dynamics”. In: Evolutionary Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 55–77.

Tomlinson, K. Hearne, J. Alexander, R. “An approach to evaluate the effect of property size on land-use options in semi-arid rangelands”. In: Ecological Modelling 149.1 (2002), pp. 85–95.

Hearne, J. W. Korrubel, J. L. Koch, K. J. “Modelling to optimise consumptive use
of game”. In: Annals of Operations Research 95.1-4 (2000), pp. 269–284.

Hearne, J. Lamberson, R. Goodman, P. “Optimising the offtake of large herbivores from a multi-species community”. In: Ecological Modelling 92.2 (1996), pp. 225–233.

Hearne, J. Swart, J, “Dynamics of a migratory animal population.” In: South African Journal of Wildlife Research 14.4 (1984), pp. 101–105.

Agriculture

Rachmawati, R. Ozlen, M.  Hearne, J. W.  Kuleshov, Y. “Using improved climate forecasting in cash crop planning”. In: SpringerPlus 3.1 (2014), p. 422.

Horton, P. M.  Hearne, J. W. Apaloo, J. Conlong, D. E. Way, M. J. Uys, P. “Investigating strategies for minimising damage caused by the sugarcane pest Eldana saccharina”. In: Agricultural Systems 74.2 (2002), pp. 271–286.

Hearne, J. Van Coller, L. Conlong, D. “Determining strategies for the biological control of a sugarcane stalk borer”. In: Ecological Modelling 73.1 (1994), pp. 117–133.

Hearne, J. Buchan, A. “A model to analyse the influence of resource management policies on the economic returns from a traditional African pastoral system”. In: Agricultural systems 33.1 (1990), pp. 77–96.

Swart, J. Hearne, J. W. “A mathematical model to analyze predation and competition problems in a sheep-farming region”. In: System Dynamics Review 5.1 (1989), pp. 35–50.

Uys, P. Hearne, J. Colvin, P. “A model for estimating potential market offtake from subsistence herds”. In: Agricultural Systems 17.4 (1985), pp. 211–229.

Medical

Johns, H.  Hearne, J.  Bernhardt, J.   Churilov, L. “Clustering clinical and health care processes using a novel measure of dissimilarity for variable-length sequences of ordinal states“. In: Statistical Methods in Medical Research,  (2020), 0962280220917174.

Clay, N. M. Abbasi, B. Eberhard, A. Hearne, J. “On the volatility of blood inventories”. In: International Transactions in Operational Research 25.1 (2018), pp. 215–242. issn: 1475-3995. doi: 10.1111/itor.12326. url: http://dx. doi.org/10.1111/itor.12326.

Keshtkaran, M. Churilov, L. Hearne, J. Abbasi, B. Meretoja, A. “Validation of a decision support model for investigation and improvement in stroke thrombolysis”. In: European Journal of Operational Research 253.1 (2016), pp. 154–169.

Jafari, N. Hearne, J. Churilov, L. “Why caution is recommended with post-hoc individual patient matching for estimation of treatment effect in parallel-group randomized controlled trials: The case of acute stroke trials”. In: Statistics in medicine 32.25 (2013), pp. 4467–4481.

Aquatic

Quinn, N. Breen, C. Whitfield, A. Hearne, J. “An index for the management of South African estuaries for juvenile fish recruitment from the marine environment”. In: Fisheries Management and Ecology 6.5 (1999), pp. 421–436.

Wortmann, J, Hearne, J. Adams, J. “Evaluating the effects of freshwater inflow on the distribution of estuarine macrophytes”. In: Ecological Modelling 106.2 (1998), pp. 213–232.

Wortmann, J. Hearne, J. W. Adams, J. B. “A mathematical model of an estuarine seagrass”. In: Ecological Modelling 98.2 (1997), pp. 137–149.

Hearne, J. Johnson, I. Armitage, P. “Determination of ecologically acceptable flows in rivers with seasonal changes in the density of macrophyte”. In: Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 9.3 (1994), pp. 177–184.

Hearne, J. W. Armitage, P. D. “Implications of the annual macrophyte growth cycle on habitat in rivers”. In: Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 8.4 (1993), pp. 313–322.

Hearne, J. W. Howard-Williams, C. “Modelling nitrate removal by riparian vegetation in a springfed stream: the influence of land-use practices”. In: Ecological modelling 42.3 (1988), pp. 179–198.

Environment

Wang, Z. Skidmore, A. K. Wang, T. Darvishzadeh, R. Heiden, U. Heurich, M.Latifi, H. Hearne, J. “Canopy foliar nitrogen retrieved from airborne hyperspectral imagery by correcting for canopy structure effects”. In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 54 (2017), pp. 84–94.

Wang, Z. Wang, T. Darvishzadeh, R. Skidmore, A. K. Jones, S. Suarez, L. Woodgate, W. Heiden, U. Heurich, M. Hearne, J. “Vegetation indices for mapping canopy foliar nitrogen in a mixed temperate forest”. In: Remote Sensing 8.6 (2016), p. 491.

Wang, Z. Skidmore, A. K. Wang, T. Darvishzadeh, R. Hearne, J. “Applicability of the PROSPECT model for estimating protein and cellulose+ lignin in fresh leaves”. In: Remote Sensing of Environment 168 (2015), pp. 205–218.

Quinn, N. Green, C. Hearne, J. Whitfield, A. “Decision support systems for environmental management: A case study”. In: ORiON 14 (2014).

Koppel, J. Rietkerk, M. Langevelde, F. Kumar, L. Klausmeier, C. A. Fryxell, J. M. Hearne, J. W. Andel, J. Ridder, N. Skidmore, A. “Spatial heterogeneity and irreversible vegetation change in semiarid grazing systems”. In: The American Naturalist 159.2 (2002), pp. 209–218.

Kumar, L. Rietkerk, M. Langevelde, F. Koppel, J. Andel, J. Hearne, J. Ridder, N. Stroosnijder, L. Skidmore, A. K. Prins, H. H. “Relationship between vegetation growth rates at the onset of the wet season and soil type in the Sahel of Burkina Faso: implications for resource utilisation at large scales”. In: Ecological Modelling 149.1 (2002), pp. 143–152.

Rietkerk, M. Ouedraogo, T. Kumar, L. Sanou, S. Langevelde, F. Kiema, A. Koppel, J. Andel, J. Hearne, J. Skidmore, A. K. “Fine-scale spatial distribution of plants and resources on a sandy soil in the Sahel”. In: Plant and Soil 239.1 (2002), pp. 69–77.

Quinn, N. Breen, C. Hearne, J. Whitfield, A. “Decision support systems for environmental management: a case study on estuary management”. In: Orion 14.2 (1998), pp. 17–35.

Tomlinson, K. W. Dominy, J. G. Hearne, J. W. OConnor, T. G. “A functional-structural model for growth of clonal bunchgrasses”. In: Ecological Modelling 202.3 (2007), pp. 243–264.

Methodology

J León, B Vitoriano, J Hearne, “A risk-averse solution for the prescribed burning problem”. In Safety Science 158, 105951

Roozbeh, Iman, Hearne, John W, Pahlevani, Delaram “A solution approach to the orienteering problem with time windows and synchronisation constraints”. In: Heliyon 6(2020), e04202.  (  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04202  )

Nuraiman, D.,  Ozlen, M. , Hearne, J. “A spatial decomposition based math-heuristic approach to the asset protection problem”. In: Operations Research Perspectives,  7 (2020), 100141  ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2020.100141 )

Hearne, J. W. “An automated method for extending sensitivity analysis to model functions”. In: Natural Resource Modeling 23.2 (2010), pp. 107–120.

Lawrie, J. Hearne, J. “A method for aggregating state variables in large ecosystem models”. In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 79.3 (2008), pp. 368–378.

Lawrie, J, Hearne, J. “Using modified proper orthogonal decomposition (MPOD) for reducing ecosystem models”. In: The ANZIAM Journal 48.04 (2007), pp. 461–473.

Lawrie, J. Hearne, J. “Reducing model complexity via output sensitivity”. In: Ecological Modelling 207.2 (2007), pp. 137–144.

Chalmers, A. Hearne, J. Scogings, C. “Evaluating parallel optimization on transputers”. In: ORiON 5.2 (2003).

Chalmers, A. G. Hearne, J. Cameron, K. Ligeti, N. “Implementation and performance evaluation of an optimization algorithm on transputers”. In: Computer Systems Science and Engineering 5.1 (1990), pp. 42–46.

Hearne, J. Wake, G. “A numerical scheme for solving a stream nutrient model”. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling 13.3 (1989), pp. 155–159.

Hearne, J. “An approach to resolving the parameter sensitivity problem in system dynamics methodology”. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling 11.4 (1987), pp. 315–318.

Hearne, J. “Sensitivity analysis of parameter combinations”. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling, 9.2 (1985), pp. 106–108.

Transport

Nur Insani, David Akman, Sona Taheri, John Hearne “Short-notice flood evacuation plan under dynamic demand in high populated areas”. In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 74 (2022), 102844, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102844.

Delaram Pahlevani, Babak Abbasi, John W. Hearne, Andrew Eberhard,
“A cluster-based algorithm for home health care planning: A case study in Australia”. In:
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review,
Volume 166, 2022, 102878, ISSN 1366-5545,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2022.102878.