A. Bekolli, L. A. Guardiola, A. Meca
Crop processing optimization boosts revenue and reduces losses in agriculture. This study applies cooperative game theory to address challenges, promote sustainability, and enhance supply chain resilience through a framework for shared resources, technologies, and capacities, ensuring cost efficiency and fair profit distribution.
We introduce a class of totally balanced games to model interactions among agricultural firms. Within this framework, we propose profit allocation mechanisms, including Collaborative Allocation (CO), Best Technology Compensation (BTC), and Crop Reward Compensation (CRC), ensuring fair compensation for contributions. Furthermore, we present the HarvestTech Reward (HTR) mechanism, integrating CO, BTC, and CRC to achieve core-stable profit distributions that promote coalition stability.
Finally, an apple farming case study demonstrates the model's effectiveness in reducing costs, preventing surplus losses, and fostering long-term collaboration.
Keywords: agricultural supply chain, cooperation, compensation, stable allocations
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Game practice and OR Games I
June 12, 2025 3:30 PM
Mr 2