MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION SUPPORT FOR THE KWANZA RIVER MANAGEMENT

Kiombo J. Marie, Javier Cano (), David Ríos Insua and Óscar Arroyo
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Kiombo J. Marie: Department of Economic Sciences, Agostinho Neto University, Avenida 4 de Fevereiro, 7, 815 Luanda, Angola
Javier Cano: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Rey Juan Carlos University, Camino del, Molino s/n, Fuenlabrada, 28943 Madrid, Spain
David Ríos Insua: Royal Academy of Sciences, Valverde, 22, 28004 Madrid, Spain
Óscar Arroyo: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Rey Juan Carlos University, Camino del, Molino s/n, Fuenlabrada, 28943 Madrid, Spain

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2013, vol. 12, issue 05, 999-1020

Abstract: Water management has become a challenging problem worldwide, especially in developing countries, due to several reasons including the growing scarcity of natural water resources; a demographic explosion in many urban settlements, followed by a rapid urbanization and industrialization of neighboring areas; and the inherent increase in the demand of energy and natural fresh water for human consumption and agricultural developments. The Kwanza river, the longest and most plentiful in Angola, is a paradigmatic case, as it is one of the main sources of wealth in that country. Many people base, direct or indirectly, their living on its water, and many economical activities, including energy production, depend also on its stream. We provide a model for the multiobjective multipurpose management of the Kwanza river. The problem is complicated by the need to take into account uncertainty in various involved processes, to plan over a long period of time, and the presence of several conflicting objectives. We describe also a decision support system implementing our model.

Keywords: Multipurpose river management; expected utility; forecasting; multiobjective decision analysis; decision support system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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