Multiple Criteria Decision Methods and Applications

Both the 'First International Summer School on Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods, Applications and Software' and the present volume of readings could only be realised with assistance and support from many sides. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who have contributed to making a success of the first of a hopefully long series of summer schools in this field and to all those who have contribut. ed to the present volume. First of all we are grateful for the financial means supplied by a long list of sponsors, the most important of which are mentioned on the copyright page. Next, we are grateful to the members of the organising committee, Anna Ostanello and Giovanni Zambruno. Since this is the first of what will become a series of summer schools, the chairman of the organising committee, Benedetto Matarazzo, will start this volume with a brief account of the school held in Acireale. The programme committee consisted of Jean Fichefet, Anna Ostanello, Bernard Roy, Jaap Spronk (chairman) and Stanley Zionts. Their valuable contribu tion is gratefully acknowledged, as is the contribution of all the lecturers at the school. Of course, a school is not only made by its teachers, but just as much by its students. The primary aim of a school is to teach and to stimulate the students.

Auteur
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter Fandel ist Hochschullehrer an der FernUniversität in Hagen und Editor-in-Chief der Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft.

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In Collaboration with Matarazzo, Benedetto

Contenu

1. Introduction: MCDM on Its Way to Maturity.- A: Multiple Criteria Decision Methods and Support.- 2. Basic Concepts for Multicriteria Decision Support.- 3. Multiattribute Utility Theory as a Basic Approach.- 4. Outranking Methods.- 5. An Informal Introduction to Multicriteria Evaluation.- 6. Mlultiple Criteria Mathematical Programming: an Overview and Several Approaches.- 7. Mathematics of the Multiple Objective Programming Problem a Tutorial.- 8. Decision Concepts for Organisations.- 9. Theories of Risk and MCDM.- 10. Data Structures and Complexity of Algorithms for Discrete MCDM Methods.- 11. Data Base Approach for Multicriteria Decision Support Systems (MCDSS).- 12. Design of Computer Support for Multicriteria and Multiperson Decisions in Regional Water Resources Planning.- B: Applications.- 13. Financial Planning with Conflicting Objectives.- 14. Interactive Multiple Goal Programming for Bank Portfolio Selection.- 15. MCDM Problems in Rabobank Nederland.- 16. On the Applicability of Game-Theoretic and Bargaining Methods to a Wage Bargaining Problem.- 17. Computer Selection and Multicriteria Decision Aid.- 18. A Methodology for Multiple Criteria Environmental Plan Evaluation.- 19. An Example of Comparison of Two Decision-Aid Models.- 20. Multiple Criteria Analysis in Energy Planning and Policy Assessment.- List of Contributors.