Negotiation support for cooperative allocation of a shared water resource: Methodology

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 60-69

  Kronaveter, Lea ^a   Shamir, Uri ^b  

^a The Israel National Water Company   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer aided simulation; Decision making; Decision support systems; Economic factors; Negotiations; Water policy; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHIES; COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EFFICIENT FRONTIERS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM POINTS; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NEGOTIATION SUPPORTS; NEGOTIATIONS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER POLICY;

DECISION THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; SHALLOW WATER; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 60649086011     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2009)135:2(60)     Document Type: Article

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