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moec.prioritizr: Multi-Objective Prioritization with the Epsilon-Constraint Approach

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Systematic conservation planning is a framework to identify priority areas for conservation management (Giakoumi et al. 2025). Briefly, priority areas are identified by formulating a mathematical optimization problem based on conservation objectives and requirements and then using optimization algorithms to generate solutions. To help account for multiple objectives, the moec.prioritizr package provides an implementation of the epsilon-constraint approach for multi-objective optimization (Eichfelder 2008). The package is designed as a plugin for the prioritizr package – a general purpose package for systematic conservation planning (Hanson et al. 2025) – and provide enhanced functionality. By using multi-objective optimization approaches, conservation scientists and practitioners can explore trade-offs and identify solutions that represent a desirable compromise among multiple objectives (Neubert et al. 2025).

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Eichfelder G (2008) Adaptive Scalarization Methods in Multiobjective Optimization. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Giakoumi S, Richardson AJ, Doxa A, Moro S, Andrello M, Hanson JO, Hermoso V, Mazor T, McGowan J, Kujala H, Law E, Álvarez Romero JG, Magris RA, Gissi E, Arafeh-Dalmau N, Metaxas A, Virtanen EA, Ban NC, Runya RM, Dunn DC, Fraschetti S, Galparsoro I, Smith RJ, Bastardie F, Stelzenmüller V, Possingham HP, and Katsanevakis S (2025) Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 40: 395–410.

Hanson JO, Schuster R, Strimas‐Mackey M, Morrell N, Edwards BPM, Arcese P, Bennett JR, and Possingham HP (2025) Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package. Conservation Biology, 39: e14376.

Neubert S, McGowan J, Metcalfe K, Hanson JO, Buenafe KCV, Dabalà A, Dunn DC, Everett JD, Possingham HP, Stelzenmüller V, Estep A, Ervin J, and Richardson AJ (2025) Multiple-use spatial planning for sustainable development and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 40: 1126–1142.

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