Deployment · Definition

Opportunity cost

The value of the best alternative use forgone when a constrained resource is assigned.

Definition

The value of the best alternative use forgone when a constrained resource is assigned. Follow the related lesson to see how this term changes a system boundary or decision.

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Resource allocation and competing uses

Finite resources force choices among food, feed, soil, materials, fuels, energy and carbon removal—across actors and time.

REFERENCES

References & further reading

  1. Hamid Ghaderi, Mir Saman Pishvaee and Alireza Moini (2017). Biomass supply chain network design: An optimization-oriented review and analysis.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.09.027