A Multi-Farm Irrigation Scheduling System (MISS) for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Realistic Scenario

Arid and semi-arid regions are characterized by the limited available water. We consider a scenario in which there is one shared water resource among multiple farms as well as a water-sharing policy. It is required to irrigate all or some of these farms currently, but there is not enough water to properly irrigate them. This paper proposes a Multi-farm Irrigation Scheduling System, called MISS. The objective is to save the farms that need urgent irrigation while still satisfying all farm owners according to the water-sharing policy. MISS uses a two-level decision-making method where it considers a priority for the farms that need immediate irrigation as well as a priority for blocks of every farm. MISS is designed based on a realistic scenario where, because of the limited shared water, we sometimes are not able to save all the farms.