Water Resource Allocation via Fuzzy-Coalitional Game Theory

Abstract

Water allocation is, basically, the process of distributing water to demanding users. The lack of fairness in sharing water of a river basin can generate conflict of interest among the riparian or stakeholders. This situation can be avoided by calling the participants to an amicable agreement for the typical decision problem. Thus, for the sake of establishing appropriate water allocation methodologies, in this study we suggest a model in cooperative game theory and fuzzy logic to support the decision-making process. The study analyzes the sharing of water between the three riparian countries of the Okavango river basin as a case study by using Shapley value to determine numerically the benefit of each country, which are considered as players in the game.