Nonlinear Interval Parameter Programming Combined with Cooperative Games: a Tool for Addressing Uncertainty in Water Allocation Using Water Diplomacy Framework

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4285-4303

  Zarghami, Mahdi ^a,b,f   Safari, Nasim ^a   Szidarovszky, Ferenc ^c,d   Islam, Shafiqul ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative games; Interval parameter; Uncertainty; Urmia Lake; Water diplomacy

Indexed keywords

LAKES; OPTIMIZATION; WATER RESOURCES;

COOPERATIVE GAME; COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; COOPERATIVE STRATEGY; INTERVAL PARAMETER; NASH BARGAINING MODEL; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHTED OBJECTIVE FUNCTION;

GAME THEORY;

GAME THEORY; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

IRAN; LAKE URMIA;

EID: 84938986676     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1060-5     Document Type: Article

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