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SIMULATION, Vol. 81, No. 3, 223-235 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0037549705053166

An Agent-Based Simulation Testing the Impact of Water Allocation on Farmers’ Collective Behaviors

M. Le Bars

Cemagref Irrigation Unit, F-34033 Montpellier, France, marjorie.lebars{at}cemagref.fr, lebarsm{at}aol.com

J. M. Attonaty

INRA Station d’économie rurale, BP 01 78850 Grignon, France

S. Pinson

LAMSADE, Université Paris IX-Dauphine, Place du Mal de Lattre de Tassigny, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France

N. Ferrand

Cemagref Irrigation Unit, F-34033 Montpellier, France

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.

Key Words: Agent-based modeling • simulation • irrigation


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