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2018

Agricultural water allocation

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Developing A Non-Cooperative Optimization Model For Water And Crop Area Allocation Based On Leader-Follower Game, Abbas Sedghamiz, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Manouchehr Heidarpour, Mojtaba Sadegh Dec 2018

Developing A Non-Cooperative Optimization Model For Water And Crop Area Allocation Based On Leader-Follower Game, Abbas Sedghamiz, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Manouchehr Heidarpour, Mojtaba Sadegh

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper, a mathematical model for conflict resolution among a diverse set of agricultural water users in Golestan province, Iran, is developed. Given the bi-level nature of the distribution of power in the current problem, a combination of Leader–Follower game and Nash–Harsanyi bargaining solution method is employed to find optimal water and crop area allocations. The Golestan Regional Water Authority is the leader in this setting, controlling the total water allocations; and the agricultural sectors are the followers, competing over the allocated water. Two objectives for the leader are (i) maximizing profits, and (ii) maximizing share of green water …