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Representative Publications

(a) Books

• Hipel, K.W. and McLeod, A.I., "Time Series Modelling of Water Resources and Environmental Systems", Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1013 pp., 1994.
• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M. "Interactive Decision Making: The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Wiley, New York, 221 pp., 1993.
• Okada, N., Hipel, K.W., Fraser N.M., and Fukushima, M., "Konfurikuto No Suuri" (Mathematical Modelling of Conflict Resolution) (in Japanese), Gendai Sugakusha (Publisher), Kyoto, Japan, 164 pp., 1988.
• Fraser, N.M. and Hipel, K.W., "Conflict Analysis: Models and Resolutions", North-Holland, New York, 377 pp., 1984.

(b) Edited Books

• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Stochastic and Statistical Modelling with Groundwater and Surface Water Applications", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 372 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Extreme Values: Floods and Droughts", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 389 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W. and Fang, L. (Editors), "Effective Environmental Management for Sustainable Development", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 460 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W., McLeod, A.I., Panu, U.S. and Singh, V.P. (Editors), "Time Series Analysis in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 474 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Multiple Objective Decision Making in Water Resources", set of refereed papers published as AWRA Monograph Series No. 18 by the American Water Resources Association and also published in the February issue of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 28, 1992.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Nonparametric Approaches to Environmental Impact Assessment", set of refereed papers published as AWRA Monograph Series No. 10 by the American Water Resources Association and also published in the June issue of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 24, 1988.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Time Series Analysis in Water Resources", set of refereed papers published as AWRA Monograph Series No. 4 by the American Water Resources Association and also published in the August and October issues of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 21, 1985.
• McBean, E.A., Hipel, K.W., and Unny, T.E. (Editors), "Inputs for Risk Analysis in Water Systems", Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Colorado, 480 pp., 1979.
• McBean, E.A., Hipel, K.W., and Unny, T.E. (Editors), "Reliability in Water Resources Management", Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Colorado, 407 pp., 1979.

(c) Refereed Journal Papers (2000 to 2006)

• Nandalal, K.W.D., and Hipel, K.W., “Strategic Decision Support for Resolving Conflict over Water Sharing among Countries along the Syr Darya River in the Aral Sea Basin”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, accepted for publication on June 15, 2006.
• Chen, Y., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “A Case-based Distance Model for Screening in Multiple Criteria Decision Aid”, OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, special issue on Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Engineering, accepted for publication on April 15, 2006.
• Al-Mutairi, M.S., Hipel, K.W., and Kamel, M.S., “Trust and Cooperation from a Fuzzy Perspective”. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, accepted for publication on April 6, 2006.
• Levy, J.K., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Reducing the Risk of Fisheries Disasters: A Bio-economic Approach to Sustainable Resource Management”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, accepted for publication on March 27, 2006.
• Chen, Y., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Multiple Criteria Sorting using Case-based Distance Models with an Application in Water Resources Management”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, accepted for publication on March 19, 2006.
• Chen, Y., Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W. “A Case-based Distance Model for Multiple Criteria ABC Analysis”, Computers and Operations Research, available online, May 24, 2006.
• Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Turbulence in Miramichi Bay: The Burnt Church Conflict over Native Fishing Rights”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, accepted for publication on February 9, 2006.
• Wang, L., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., “Mathematical Programming Approaches for Modeling Water Rights Allocation”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, accepted for publication on February 6, 2006.
• Kassab, M., Hipel, K.W., and Hegazy, T., “Conflict Resolution in Construction Disputes using the Graph Model”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 132, No. 10, pp. 1043-1052, 2006.
• Okada, N., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., “Perspectives in Participatory Infrastructure Management”, Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management (Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu D), Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 417-429, 2006.
• Nigim, K.A., Hipel, K.W., and Smith, G.B., “An Effective Multiple Criteria Approach to Infrastructure Reconstruction in Devastated Countries”, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 232-246, 2006.
• Hamouda, L., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Strength of Preference in Graph Models for Multiple Decision-Maker Conflicts”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 179, pp. 314-327, 2006.
• Zeng, D-Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Generalized Metarationalities in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 154, No. 16, pp. 2430-2443, 2006.
• Chen, Y., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Multiple Criteria Classification with an Application in Water Resources Planning”, Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 3301-3323, 2006.
• Hipel, K.W., Fang, L., and Kilgour, D.M., “Decision Support Systems in Water Resources and Environmental Management”, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, accepted for publication on September 8, 2005.
• Su, X., Chen, Y., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Comparison of the Analytic Network Process and the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 308-325, 2005.
• Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: Past, Present, and Future”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 441-460, 2005.
• Li, K.W., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Noakes, D.J., “Integrating Uncertain Preferences into Status Quo Analysis with Application to an Environmental Conflict”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 461-479, 2005.
• Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “The Role of Emotions in Envisioning Outcomes in Conflict Analysis”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 481-500, 2005.
• Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “The Pacific Salmon Treaty: A Century of Debate and an Uncertain Future”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 501-522, 2005.
• Hipel, K.W. and Obeidi, A., “Trade versus the Environment: Strategic Settlement from a Systems Engineering Perspective”, Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 211-233, 2005.
• Zeng, D-Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Policy Equilibrium and Generalized Metarationalities for Multiple Decision-Maker Conflicts”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, accepted for publication on September 6, 2005.
• Hamouda, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., and McDaniels, T., “The Salmon Aquaculture Conflict in British Columbia: A Graph Model Analysis”, Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 48, No. 7-8, pp. 571-587, 2005.
• Zeng, D-Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Policy Stable States in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Theory and Decision, Vol. 57, pp. 345-365, 2005.
• Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Status Quo Analysis in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 56, pp. 699-707, 2005.
• Gopalakrishnan, C., Levy, J., Li, K.W., and Hipel, K.W., “Water Allocation among Multiple Stakeholders: Conflict Analysis of the Waiahole Water Project, Hawaii”, Water Resources Development, Vol, 21, No. 2, pp. 283-295, 2005.
• Fukuyama, K., Okada, N., and Hipel, K.W., “Internationalization of Engineering Education through Exchange Programs”, Journal of the Japanese Society for Engineering Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 36-42, 2005.
• Obeidi, A., and Hipel, K.W., “Strategic and Dilemma Analyses of a Water Export Conflict”, INFOR, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 247-270, 2005.
• Ma, J., Hipel, K.W., and De, M., “Strategic Analysis of the James Bay Hydroelectric Dispute in Canada”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 32, pp. 868-880, 2005.
• Ghanbarpour , M.R., Hipel, K.W., and Abbaspour, K.C., “Prioritizing Long-term Watershed Strategies using Group Decision Analysis”, Water Resources Development, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 297-309, 2005.
• Kajatani, Y., Hipel, K.W., and McLeod, A.I., “Forecasting Nonlinear Time Series with Feed-Forward Neural Networks: A Case Study of Canadian Lynx Data”, Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 105-117, 2005.
• Kilgour, D.M., Rajabi, S., Hipel, K.W., and Chen, Y., “Screening Alternatives in Multiple Criteria Subset Selection”, INFOR, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 43-60, 2004.
• Li, K.W., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Fang, L., “Preference Uncertainty in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 507-520, 2004.
• Hamouda, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Shellfish Conflict in Baynes Sound: A Strategic Perspective”, Environmental Management, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 474-486, 2004.
• Hamouda, L., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Strength of Preference in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 449-462, 2004.
• Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Status Quo Analysis of the Flathead River Conflict”, Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, No. 5, W05S03, doi:10.1029/2003WR002596 (9 pages), 2004.
• Wang, L., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., “Water Allocation: A Cooperative Game Theoretic Approach”, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 11-22, 2003.
• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Zhao, N.Z., “Risk Analysis of the Walkerton Drinking Water Crisis”, Canadian Water Resources Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 395-419, 2003.
• Hipel, K.W., Okada, N., and Fukuyama, K., “The Internationalization of Engineering Education: A Tale of Two Countries”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. SMC-33, No. 1, pp. 137-148, 2003.
• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Peng, X., “A Decision Support System for Interactive Decision Making, Part 1: Model Formulation”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. SMC-33, No. 1, pp. 42-55, 2003.
• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Peng, X., “A Decision Support System for Interactive Decision Making, Part 2: Analysis and Output Interpretation”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. SMC-33, No. 1, pp. 56-66, 2003.
• Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “An Examination of the Salmon Aquaculture Conflict in British Columbia using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Fisheries Management and Ecology, Vol. 10, pp. 1-15, 2003.
• Hatfield, A.J., and Hipel, K.W., “Risk and Systems Theory”, Risk Analysis: An International Journal, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1043-1057, 2002.
• Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Canadian Bulk Water Exports: Analyzing the Sun Belt Conflict using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Knowledge, Technology, and Policy, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 145-163, 2002.
• Ben-Haim, Y., and Hipel, K.W., “The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution with Information-Gap Uncertainty in Preferences”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 126, pp. 319-340, 2002.
• Ross, S., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., “A Case-Based Reasoning System for Conflict Resolution: Design and Implementation”, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 15, No. 3-4, pp. 369-383, 2002.
• Li, W., Karray, F., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Fuzzy Approaches to the Game of Chicken”, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 9, No.4, pp. 608-623, 2001.
• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Peng, X., “Strategic Support for the Services Industry”, Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on the topic of Technology Management in the Services Industries, Vol. 48, No.3, pp. 358-369, 2001.
• Rajabi, S., Hipel, K.W. and Kilgour, D.M., “Multiple Criteria Screening of a Large Water Policy Subset Selection Problem”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 37, No.3, pp. 533-546, 2001.
• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W., Fang, L. and Peng X., “Coalition Analysis in Group Decision Support”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 159-175, 2001.
• Seifi, A., and Hipel, K.W., “Interior-Point Method for Reservoir Operation with Stochastic Inflows”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol.127, No.1, pp. 48-57, 2001.
• Levy, J.K., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Using Environmental Indicators to Quantify the Robustness of Policy Alternatives to Uncertainty”. Ecological Modelling. Vol. 130, No.’s 1 – 3, pp. 79-86, 2000.
• Levy, J.K., Kilgour, D.M. and Hipel, K.W., “Web-Based Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: Web-HIPRE and the Management of Environmental Uncertainty”, INFOR, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 221 – 244, 2000.
• Fukuyama , K., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Self-Reporting Systems for Environmental Compliance”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 126, No. 1, pp. 3-12, 2000.

RESEARCH TOPICS

In this section, relevant refereed journal papers, encyclopedia articles, conference papers and books are categorized according to research topics.

Graph Model for Conflict Resolution

Encyclopedia Articles

• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Fang, L., “Conflict Analysis and Resolution”, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, 2006, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 75-77, 2006.
• Hipel, K.W., "Conflict Resolution", theme overview paper, in Conflict Resolution, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, United Kingdom, [http://www.eolss.net], 2002.
• Hipel, K.W., "Formal Models for Conflict Resolution and Case Studies", topic overview paper, in Conflict Resolution, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, United Kingdom, [http://www.eolss.net], 2002.

Overviews

• Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: Past, Present, and Future”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 441-460, 2005.
• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Li, W., "Resolution of Water Conflicts between Canada and the United States", invited paper published as Section 4.3 in “State-of-the-Art Report on Systems Analysis Methods for Resolution of Conflicts in Water Resources Management”, edited by K.D.W. Nandalal and S.P. Simonovic, a Report prepared for the Division of Water Sciences, United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France, pp. 62-75, 2003.
• Hipel, K.W., Fang, L., and Kilgour, D.M., "Decision Support Systems in Water Resources and Environmental Management", Keynote Paper, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, edited by G.H. Schmitz, held at the Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, July 22-25, 2002, vol. I, pp. 287-300, 2002.
• Hipel, K.W., Fang, L., and Kilgour, D.M., "Game Theoretic Models in Engineering Decision Making", invited paper, Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, No. 470/IV-20, pp. 1-16, July 1993.
• Hipel, K.W., Radford, K.J., and Fang, L., "Multiple Participant Multiple Criteria Decision Making", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-23, No. 4, pp. 1184-1189, 1993.

Theory

• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Conflict Models in Graph Form: Solution Concepts and their Interrelationships", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 86-100, 1989.
• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W., and Fang, L., "The Graph Model for Conflicts", Automatica, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 41-55, 1987.

Preferences

• Al-Mutairi, M.S., Hipel, K.W., and Kamel, M.S., “Trust and Cooperation from a Fuzzy Perspective”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, accepted for publication on April 6, 2006.
• Hamouda, L., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Strength of Preference in Graph Models for Multiple Decision-Maker Conflicts”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 179, pp. 314-327, 2006.
• Li, K.W., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Noakes, D.J., “Integrating Uncertain Preferences into Status Quo Analysis with Application to an Environmental Conflict,” Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 461-479, 2005.
• Li, K.W., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Fang, L., "Preference Uncertainty in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 507-520, 2004.
• Hamouda, L., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "Strength of Preference in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 13, pp. 449-462, 2004.
• Ben-Haim, Y., and Hipel, K.W., "The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution with Information-Gap Uncertainty in Preferences", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 126, pp. 319-340, 2002.

Emotions

• Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “The Role of Emotions in Envisioning Outcomes in Conflict Analysis”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 481-500, 2005.

Coalitions

• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W., Peng, X., and Fang, L., "Coalition Analysis in Group Decision Support", Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 10, pp. 159-175, 2001.

Evolution of a Conflict

• Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Status Quo Analysis in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 56, pp. 699-707, 2005.
• Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Status Quo Analysis of the Flathead River Conflict”, Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, No. 5, W05S03, doi:10.1029/2003WR002596 (9 pages), 2004.

Policy Analysis

• Zeng, D-Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Policy Equilibrium and Generalized Metarationalities for Multiple Decision-Maker Conflicts”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, accepted for publication on September 6, 2005.
• Zeng, D-Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Generalized Metarationalities in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 154, No. 16, pp. 2430-2443, 2006.
• Zeng, D.Z., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M.,"Policy Stable States in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Theory and Decision, Vol. 57, pp. 345-356, 2005.

Decision Support Systems

• Hipel, K.W., Fang, L., and Kilgour, D.M., “Decision Support Systems in Water Resources and Environmental Management”, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, accepted for publication on September 8, 2005.
• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Peng, X., "A Decision Support System for Interactive Decision Making, Part 1: Model Formulation", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. SMC-33, No. 1, pp. 42-55, 2003.
• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Peng, X., "A Decision Support System for Interactive Decision Making, Part 2: Analysis and Output Interpretation", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. SMC-33, No. 1, pp. 56-66, 2003.
• Ross, S., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., "A Case-Based Reasoning System for Conflict Resolution: Design and Implementation", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 15, No. 3-4, pp. 369-383, 2002.
• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Peng, J., "The Decision Support System GMCR in Environmental Conflict Management", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 83, No's. 2 and 3, pp. 117-152, 1997.

Negotiation Support

• Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., "Negotiation Support Using the Decision Support System GMCR", Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 5, pp. 371-383, 1996.
• Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., "GMCR in Negotiations", Negotiation Journal, Vol.11, No.2, pp. 151-156, 1995.
• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel K.W., and Fang, L., "The Graph Model for Conflicts as a Negotiation Support Tool", Control and Cybernetics, 21, 1, pp. 85-103, 1992.

Applications

• Aquaculture
  • Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “The Pacific Salmon Treaty: A Century of Debate and an Uncertain Future”, Group Decision and Negotiation, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 501-522, 2005.
  • Hamouda, L., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., and McDaniels, T., “The Salmon Aquaculture Conflict in British Comumbia: A Graph Model Analysis”, Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 48, No. 7-8, pp. 571-587, 2005.
  • Hamouda, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Shellfish Conflict in Baynes Sound: A Strategic Perspective", Environmental Management, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 449-462, 2004.
  • Noakes, D.J., Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "An Examination of the Salmon Aquaculture Conflict in British Columbia using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Fisheries Management and Ecology, Vol. 10, pp. 1-15, 2003.
• Water Exports
  • Hipel, K.W. and Obeidi, A., “Trade versus the Environment: Strategic Settlement from a Systems Engineering Perspective”, Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 211-233, 2005.
  • Obeidi, A., and Hipel, K.W., "Strategic and Dilemma Analyses of a Water Export Conflict", INFOR, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 247-270, 2005.
  • Hipel, K.W. and Fang, L., "Multiple Participant Decision Making in Societal and Technological Systems", in Arai, T., Yamamoto, S. and Makino, K. (Editors), Systems and Human Science – For Safety, Security, and Dependability: Selected Papers of the 1st International Symposium, SSR2003, Osaka, Japan, published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Chapter 1, pp. 3-31, 2005.
  • Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Canadian Bulk Water Exports: Analyzing the Sun Belt Conflict using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Knowledge, Technology, and Policy, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 145-163, 2002.
• Softwood Lumber
  • Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Peng, X., "Strategic Support for the Services Industry", Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on the topic of Technology Management in the Services Industries, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 358-369, 2001.
  • Hipel, K.W., Fang, L., and Kilgour, D.M., "A Formal Analysis of the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Dispute", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 46, pp. 235-246, 1990.
• Water Resources Management
  • Gopalakrishnan, C., Levy, J., Li, K.W., and Hipel, K.W., "Waiahole Water Conflict Resolution", International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 283-295, 2005.
  • Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Peng, J., "Applying the Decision Support System GMCR II to Negotiation over Water", in Negotiation over Water, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Negotiations over Water, held May 25-27, 1997, Israel Centre for Negotiations, the S. Neuman Institute, Technion, Haifa, Israel, edited by Uri Shamir, published by the International Hydrological Programme, Technical Document in Hydrology No. 53, United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France, pp. 50-70, 2001.
  • Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Peng, X., "The Decision Support System GMCR II in Negotiations over Groundwater Contamination". Invited paper published in the special session on Conflict and Risk Analysis in Regional Management in the Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics held at the Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, October 12-15, 1999, pp. V942-V948, 1999.
• First Nations
  • Obeidi, A., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Turbulence in Miramichi Bay: The Burnt Church Conflict over Native Fishing Rights”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, accepted for publication on February 9, 2006.
  • Ma, J., Hipel, K.W., and De, M., “Strategic Analysis of the James Bay Hydroelectric Dispute in Canada”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 32, pp. 868-880, 2005.
• Military and Peace Support
  • Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., Last, D., Hipel, K.W., and Peng, X., "Peace Support, GMCR II, and Bosnia", in Analysis for Peace Operations, (Alexander Woodcock and David Davis, eds), Canadian Peacekeeping Press, Clementsport, Nova Scotia, pp. 268-282, 1998.
• Construction Management
  • Kassab, M., Hipel, K.W., and Hegazy, T., “Conflict Resolution in Construction Disputes using the Graph Model”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, accepted for publication on January 13, 2006.
• Sustainable Development
  • Hipel, K.W. and Obeidi, A., “Trade versus the Environment: Strategic Settlement from a Systems Engineering Perspective”, Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 211-233, 2005.

Book

• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Interactive Decision Making: The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution", Wiley, New York, 1993.

Other Approaches to Conflict Analysis

Book

• Fraser , N.M. and Hipel, K.W., "Conflict Analysis: Models and Resolutions", North Holland, New York, 377 pp., 1984.

Encyclopedia Articles

• Wang, M., and Hipel, K.W., "Misperceptions and Hypergame Models of Conflict", in Conflict Resolution, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, United Kingdom, [http://www.eolss.net], 2002.
• Hipel, K.W. and Fraser, N.M., "Systems Management: Conflict Analysis", updated invited paper in Concise Encyclopaedia of Information Processing in Systems and Organizations, edited by A.P. Sage, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 490-496, 1990.
• Hipel, K.W. and Fraser, N.M., "Systems Management: Conflict Analysis”. Invited paper in Systems and Control Encyclopaedia, Theory, Technology and Applications, Volume 7, edited by M.G. Singh, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 4793-4799, 1987.

Theory

• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W., and Fraser, N.M., "Solution Concepts in Non Co-operative Games", Large Scale Systems, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 49-71, 1984.
• Fraser, N.M., and Hipel, K.W., "Solving Complex Conflicts", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC 9, No. 12, pp. 805-816, 1979.

Coalitions

• Hipel, K.W. and Meister, D.B.G., "Conflict Analysis Methodology for Modelling Coalition in Multilateral Negotiations", Information and Decision Technologies, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 85-103, 1994.
• Meister, D.B.G., Hipel, K.W., and De, M., "Coalition Formation", Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. 51, No’s. 8 and 9, pp. 612-625, 1992.
• Hipel, K.W. and Fraser, N.M., "Co-operation in Conflict Analysis", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 43, pp. 181-206, 1991.
• Kuhn, J.R.D., Hipel, K.W., and Fraser, N.M., "A Coalition Analysis Algorithm with Application to the Zimbabwe Conflict", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC 13, No. 3, pp. 338-352, 1983.

Hypergames

• Wang, M., Hipel, K.W., and Fraser, N.M., "Solution Concepts in Hypergames", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 147-171, 1989.
• Hipel, K.W., Dagnino, A., and Fraser, N.M., "A Hypergame Algorithm for Modelling Misperceptions in Bargaining", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 27, pp. 131-152, 1988.
• Wang, M., Hipel, K.W., and Fraser, N.M., "Modelling Misperceptions in Games", Behavioural Science, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 207-223, 1988.
• Okada, N., Hipel, K.W., and Oka, Y., "Hypergame Analysis of the Lake Biwa Conflict", Water Resources Research, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 917-926, 1985.

Compliance to Environmental Regulations

Edited Book

• Hipel, K.W. and Fang, L. (Editors), "Effective Environmental Management for Sustainable Development", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1994.

Encyclopedia Article

• Fang, L., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Compliance Models for Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Regulations”, in Conflict Resolution, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, United Kingdom, [http://www.eolss.net], 2002.

Journal Papers

• Fukuyama , K., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "Self-Reporting Systems for Environmental Compliance", Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 126, No. 1, pp. 3-12, 2000.
• Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W., and Yin, X., Invited Paper, "Enforcement Games in Environmental Regulation: The Case of Multiple Pollutants", Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 562/IV-35, pp. 1-14, 1997.
• Fang, L., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "How Penalty Affects Enforcement of Environmental Regulations", Applied Mathematics and Computation”, Vol. 83, No’s. 2 and 3, pp. 281-301, 1997.
• Levy, J.K., Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Fang, L., "Regulatory Enforcement and Negotiation in Environmental Management", Canadian Water Resources Journal, Vol. 21, No.3, pp. 289-302, 1997.
• Fukuyama , K., Kilgour, D.M. and Hipel, K.W., "Penalty as a Component of Review Strategies for Effective Enforcement of Environmental Regulations", Environmetrics, Vol.7, pp. 77-95, 1996.
• Hipel, K.W., Yin, X., and Kilgour, D.M., "Can a Costly Reporting System Make Environmental Enforcement More Efficient?” Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 151-170, 1995.
• Yin, X., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "The Contribution of a Reporting System to Environmental Enforcement”, Information and Systems Engineering, pp. 233-253, 1995.
• Fukuyama , K., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "Systematic Policy Development to Ensure Compliance to Environmental Regulations", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 1289-1305, 1994.
• Kilgour, D.M., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., "Game-Theoretic Analyses of Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Regulations", Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 141-153, 1992.

Equitable Resource Allocation

Journal Papers

• Wang, L., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., “Mathematical Programming Approaches for Modeling Water Rights Allocation”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, accepted for publication on February 6, 2006.
• Wang, L., Fang, L., and Hipel, K.W., "Water Allocation: A Cooperative Game Theoretic Approach", Journal of Environmental Informatics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 11-22, 2003.

Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

Overviews

• Hipel, K.W., Kilgour, D.M. and Rajabi, S., "Chapter 27 - Operations Research and Refinement of Courses of Action". In Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management, edited by A.P. Sage and W.B. Rouse, Wiley, New York, pp. 1077-1118, 1999.
• Yakowitz, D.S., and Hipel, K.W., "Multiple Objective Decision Making in Environmental Management", Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 83, No’s. 2 and 3, pp. 97-115, 1997.
• Hipel, K.W., Radford, K.J., and Fang, L., "Multiple Participant-Multiple Criteria Decision Making", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-23, No. 4, pp. 1184-1189, 1993.
• Hipel, K.W., "Multiple Objective Decision Making in Water Resources", Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 3-12, 1992.

Screening Models

• Chen, Y., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “A Case-based Distance Model for Screening in Multiple Criteria Decision Aid”, OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, special issue on Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Engineering, accepted for publication on April 15, 2006.
• Kilgour, D.M., Rajabi, S., Hipel, K.W., and Chen, Y., "Screening Alternatives in Multiple Criteria Subset Selection", INFOR, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 43-60, 2004.
• Rajabi, S., Hipel, K.W. and Kilgour, D.M., "Multiple Criteria Screening of a Large Water Policy Subset Selection Problem", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 37, No.3, pp. 533-546, 2001.

Sorting Models

• Chen, Y., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Multiple Criteria Sorting using Case-based Distance Models with an Application in Water Resources Management”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, accepted for publication on March 19, 2006.
• Chen, Y., Li, K.W., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “A Case-based Distance Model for Multiple Criteria ABC Analysis”, Computers and Operations Research, available online, May 24, 2006.

Nominal Classification Models

• Chen, Y., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Multiple Criteria Classification with an Application in Water Resources Planning”, Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 3301-3323, 2006.

Group Decision and Negotiation

• Su, X., Chen, Y., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., “Comparison of the Analytic Network Process and the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 308-325, 2005.

Interdependence of Alternatives

• Rajabi, S., Hipel, K.W., and Kilgour, D.M., "Water Supply Planning under Interdependence of Actions: Theory and Application", Water Resources Research, Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 2225-2235, 1999.
• Rajabi, S., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., "Modelling Action - Interdependence in Multiple Criteria Decision Making", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 490-508, 1998.

Fuzzy MCDA

• Yin, Y., Huang, G., and Hipel, K.W., "Fuzzy Relation Analysis for Multicriteria Water Resources Management", Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 41-47, 1999.
• De, M. and Hipel, K.W., "A Fuzzy Multicriteria Model for Comparing Energy Projects", Energy - The International Journal, Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 599-613, 1987.
• Alley, H., Bacinello, C.P., and Hipel, K.W., "Fuzzy Set Approaches to Planning in the Grand River Basin", Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 2, pp. 3-12, 1979.

Applications

• Levy, J.K., Kilgour, D.M., and Hipel, K.W., “Reducing the Risk of Fisheries Disasters: A Bio-economic Approach to Sustainable Resource Management”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, accepted for publication on March 27, 2006.
• Nigim, K.A., Hipel, K.W., and Smith, G.B., “An Effective Multiple Criteria Approach to Infrastructure Reconstruction in Devastated Countries”, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 232-246, 2006.
• Ghanbarpour, M.R., Hipel, K.W., and Abbaspour, K.C., "Prioritizing Long-term Watershed Strategies using Group Decision Analysis", International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 297-309, 2005.
• Levy, J.K., Kilgour, D.M. and Hipel, K.W., "Web-Based Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: Web-HIPRE and the Management of Environmental Uncertainty", INFOR, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 221–244, 2000.
• Sobral, M.M., Hipel, K.W., and Farquhar, G.J., "A Multicriteria Model for Solid Waste Management", Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 97-110, 1981.

Time Series Analysis and Environmetrics

Book

• Hipel, K.W., and McLeod, A.I., "Time Series Modelling of Water Resources and Environmental Systems", Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1013 pp., 1994.

Edited Books

• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Stochastic and Statistical Modelling with Groundwater and Surface Water Applications", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 372 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Extreme Values: Floods and Droughts", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 389 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W., McLeod, A.I., Panu, U.S. and Singh, V.P. (Editors), "Time Series Analysis in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering", Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 474 pp., 1994.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Nonparametric Approaches to Environmental Impact Assessment", set of refereed papers published as AWRA Monograph Series No. 10 by the American Water Resources Association and also published in the June issue of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 24, 1988.
• Hipel, K.W. (Editor), "Time Series Analysis in Water Resources", set of refereed papers published as AWRA Monograph Series No. 4 by the American Water Resources Association and also published in the August and October issues of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 21, 1985.
• McBean, E.A., Hipel, K.W., and Unny, T.E. (Editors), "Inputs for Risk Analysis in Water Systems", Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Colorado, 480 pp., 1979.
• McBean, E.A., Hipel, K.W., and Unny, T.E. (Editors), "Reliability in Water Resources Management", Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Colorado, 407 pp., 1979.

Journal Papers

• Kajatani, Y., Hipel, K.W., and McLeod, A.I., “Forecasting Nonlinear Time Series with Feed-Forward Neural Networks: A Case Study of Canadian Lynx Data”, Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 24, pp. 105–117, 2005.
• Seifi, A., and Hipel, K.W., "Interior-Point Method for Reservoir Operation with Stochastic Inflows", Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol.127, No.1, pp. 48-57, 2001.

Engineering Education

Journal Papers

• Hipel, K.W., Okada, N., and Fukuyama, K., "The Internationalization of Engineering Education: A Tale of Two Countries", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 137-148, 2003.
• Fukuyama, K., Okada, N., and Hipel, K.W., “Internationalization of Engineering Education through Exchange Programs”, Journal of the Japanese Society for Engineering Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 36-42, 2005.

Professional Engineering

Reports

• Hipel, K.W. and Okada, N., " Enhancement of the Engineering Profession in Japan", unpublished manuscript, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2003.
• Hipel, K.W., " A Manifesto for The Engineering Profession in Japan", Division of Integrated Management for Disaster Risk, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Research Booklet No. 1, April 2001.