A game theoretic approach to assess the impacts of major investments on transboundary water resources: The case of the Euphrates and Tigris

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3069-3099

  Kucukmehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basin management; Game theory; Inter temporal allocation; Linear programming; Reservoir capacities; The Euphrates and the Tigris rivers; Water resources

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; EUPHRATES; RESERVOIR CAPACITIES; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; THE EUPHRATES AND THE TIGRIS RIVERS;

DROUGHT; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FLOOD CONTROL; GAME THEORY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; GAME THEORY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; METHODOLOGY; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EUPHRATES RIVER; TIGRIS RIVER;

EID: 77549085114     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9424-3     Document Type: Article

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