Water Costs Allocation in Complex Systems Using a Cooperative Game Theory Approach

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1781-1796

  Sechi, Giovanni M ^a   Zucca, Riccardo ^a   Zuddas, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost allocation; Water pricing; Water resource system management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FUNCTIONS; GAME THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERWORKS;

CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS; COST ALLOCATION; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMISATION; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER PRICING; WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COSTS;

COST; GAME THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PRICING POLICY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84874976394     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0171-5     Document Type: Article

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