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The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution is a methodology for the modeling and analysis of strategic conflicts. An historical overview of the graph model is presented, including the basic modeling and analysis components of the methodology, the decision support system GMCR II that is now used to apply it, and the recent initiatives that are currently in various stages of development. The capacity of this simple, flexible system to provide advice to decision-makers facing strategic conflicts is emphasized throughout, and illustrated using a real-life groundwater contamination dispute.
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Kilgour, D.M., Hipel, K.W. The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: Past, Present, and Future. Group Decis Negot 14, 441–460 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-005-9002-x
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