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A Fuzzy Variable Least Core Game for Inter-basin Water Resources Allocation Under Uncertainty

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  • Keighobad Jafarzadegan
  • Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust
  • Reza Kerachian

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In this paper, a new solution concept, called Fuzzy Variable Least Core (FVLC), is developed for fuzzy cooperative games. The FVLC is able to incorporate fuzzy input variables and result in fuzzy benefit shares of players participating in a coalition. This solution concept is used for water and benefit allocation to water users in inter-basin water transfer systems considering the uncertainties associated with their benefit coefficients. In the proposed water allocation methodology, an Integrated Stochastic Dynamic Programming (ISDP) model is developed to obtain the water rights of players and economic water allocation policies. In the next step, the total net fuzzy benefit of the system is reallocated to water users in an equitable and rational way using a FVLC-based model. In this model, a new algorithm is proposed for converting a multilateral cooperative game with fuzzy variables to some fuzzy bilateral cooperative games, which are solved using the FLVC solution concept. The applicability and efficiency of the proposed methodology is examined by applying it to a large scale inter-basin water transfer project in Iran. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Keighobad Jafarzadegan & Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust & Reza Kerachian, 2013. "A Fuzzy Variable Least Core Game for Inter-basin Water Resources Allocation Under Uncertainty," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(9), pages 3247-3260, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:27:y:2013:i:9:p:3247-3260
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0344-x
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    1. Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust & Reza Kerachian, 2012. "Water Resources Allocation Using a Cooperative Game with Fuzzy Payoffs and Fuzzy Coalitions," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 26(13), pages 3961-3976, October.
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