A negotiation support system for resolving an international trans-boundary natural resource conflict

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-249

  Madani, Kaveh ^a   Rouhani, Omid M ^b   Mirchi, Ali ^c   Gholizadeh, Sona ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Combinatorial optimization; Conflict resolution; Negotiation support system; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CASPIAN SEA; COMPLEX OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT SYSTEM; OPTIMAL BOUNDARY; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESOURCE CONFLICT;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84887198173     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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