An agent-based simulation testing the impact of water allocation on farmers' collective behaviors

Authored by M Le Bars, JM Attonaty, S Pinson, N Ferrand

Date Published: 2005-03

DOI: 10.1177/0037549705053166

Sponsors: No sponsors listed

Platforms: MANGA

Model Documentation: UML Other Narrative Flow charts

Model Code URLs: Model code not found

Abstract

Many negotiations take place between farmers, water suppliers, public servants, and environmentalists to allocate water resources between users in different areas. However, few negotiations quantify the consequences of alternatives solutions. Models that are used are often oversimplified and only take into account elements that are easy to calculate, or they are too complex to be used for negotiations in real time. In all cases, they do not consider the heterogeneity of decision makers. The authors demonstrate that agent-based modeling could help these negotiations by showing the consequences of water allocation rules with respect to different criteria.

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Simulation Agent-based modeling irrigation