Using Game Theory to Assign Groundwater Pumping Schedules

Nagkoulis, Nikolaos; Katsifarakis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1007/s11269-022-03102-7

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“…The basic concepts with which this theory operates include [47][48][49][50][51] the game, the participants of the game, the players' strategy and the optimal strategy. The specifics of using the game theory to solve various scientific problems are thoroughly described in [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. In this way, the tools of game theory can best achieve the article's goal and help solve the outlined problems.…”

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Enhancing the Activity of Employees of the Communication Department of an Energy Sector Company

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Currently, companies in the energy sector are focus on sustainable growth, although they face many challenges, including the peculiarities of their operations. One of the features of companies in the energy sector is the need for effective communication with the media and the public. This is of paramount importance due to the current trends and challenges in the energy sector, the market requirements and the low level of development in such companies. The object of this study invovles the employees of the communication departments of energy sector companies, while the subject is the intensification of their activities based on the use of motivational tools. The authors chose the tools of the game theory, which is a game that the company and employees of the project team engage in when implementing information and communication projects. The study developed a method for motivating the employees of communication departments, which based on the game theory, allows the formation of many possible parameters of the optimal structure of fixed and commission remuneration payments for the employees to maximize their utility, depending on the propensity or unwillingness of these employees to take risks, which contributes to the development of staff motivation tools. This method was applied to the activities of several Ukrainian energy companies. The proposed approach differs from the existing ones based on the opportunity to intensify the activity of the employees of the communication departments, taking into account their willingness to take risks in each case, and will increase the interest of such personnel in the effective implementation of each stage of the information and communication project, better meet the needs of the end-users and ultimately affect the sustainable growth of energy companies.

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“…In this work, we are interested in reducing sea water intrusion. Moreover, cooperative game theory is used in this case, instead of non‐cooperative game theory (Nagkoulis and Katsifarakis 2022) because, when considering sea water intrusion, the players' choices often affect the system of the wells more than they affect their own benefit. It is therefore necessary, in order to promote alternate pumping, to create a coalition that will reward the players.…”

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“…In previous works of the authors (Nagkoulis 2021; Nagkoulis and Katsifarakis 2022), alternate pumping has been used to reduce pumping cost and hydraulic drawdowns. In this work, we are interested in reducing sea water intrusion.…”

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Using Alternate Pumping and Cooperative Game Theory to Reduce Sea Water Intrusion

Nagkoulis

Katsifarakis

2022

Groundwater

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In this article, alternate pumping is studied as a means used to reduce the salinity concentration in coastal aquifers, pumped using a system of wells. This approach has been applied to a hypothetical confined coastal aquifer. Flow has been modeled, using SEAWAT. Two strategies are proposed based on cooperative game theory, to promote alternate pumping. In both strategies an external player will compensate the users that will pump during an unpopular pumping period. In the first strategy it is supposed that this external player aims at protecting a critical well, e.g. a municipal well, reducing its maximum salinity concentration by pumping alternately. In the second strategy proposed, the target is to reduce the overall salinity of the water pumped by the wells. In applying the cooperative game theory, the Shapley value is used to distribute the benefits of cooperation between the players (well users), according to their marginal contribution. Overall, well users can reduce sea water intrusion by cooperatively changing their pumping time schedules. The game theoretical model developed is a useful tool to promote cooperation toward this direction. The methods applied in the hypothetical aquifer, can be tested in actual aquifers to reduce sea water intrusion.

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A signaling game model for evaluating water allocation competitiveness with information asymmetry environment, case study: Zayandehrud River Basin, Iran

Ahmadi Forushani,

Safavi,

Kerachian

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Environ Dev Sustain

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Using Game Theory to Assign Groundwater Pumping Schedules

Cited by 7 publications

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Enhancing the Activity of Employees of the Communication Department of an Energy Sector Company

Enhancing the Activity of Employees of the Communication Department of an Energy Sector Company

Using Alternate Pumping and Cooperative Game Theory to Reduce Sea Water Intrusion

A signaling game model for evaluating water allocation competitiveness with information asymmetry environment, case study: Zayandehrud River Basin, Iran

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