Overview

This collection of papers gives a broad overview of the state of the art in Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), in both theory and practice. Topical sections are ranging from preference modelling and methodological developments to a number of applications of MCDM thinking. Special sections are devoted to applications in natural resources and environmental management issues, to negotiation and group decision support, and to philosophical issues, particularly in the interface between systems thinking and MCDM. The book will be relevant not only to those working in the area of MCDM, but also to researchers and practitioners concerned with broader areas of management science, especially those concerned with decision support systems and negotiation support.

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Author:   Theodor Stewart ,  Robin C. van den Honert
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   465
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9783540647416

ISBN 10:   3540647414
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   17 September 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Plenary Addresses.- Habitual Domains: Stealth Software for Effective Decision Making.- Bringing MCDM to the Forefront of Management Practice.- Preference Modeling.- Discrete Decision Problems, Multiple Criteria Optimization Classes and Lexicographic Max-Ordering.- Exploitation of a Rough Approximation of the Outranking Relation in Multicriteria Choice and Ranking.- An Algorithm for Solving Intransitivities without Repeating Trials.- The Approach to Multicriteria Decision Making Based on Pattern Recognition Algorithms.- Decision Analysis under Partial Information.- Methodologies of MCDA.- Interval Judgements in the Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Statistical Perspective.- The Stability of AHP Rankings in the Presence of Stochastic Paired Comparisons.- Convergence of Interactive Procedures of Multiobjective Optimization and Decision Support.- Fuzzy Parameters Multiobjective Linear Programming Problem: Solution Analysis.- The Static Approach to Quadratic Dynamic Goal Programming.- Stochastic Simulation in Risk Analysis of Energy Trade.- Negotiation and Group Decision Support.- Modeling Negotiations in Group Decision Support Systems.- Modelling Multi-Issue Negotiation.- Influence in Group Decision Making.- Monotonicity of Power Indices.- Fairness and Equity via Concepts of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.- Systems Thinking and Philosophical Issues.- Structuring and Weighting Criteria in Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM).- The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Systems Thinking.- The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Systems Thinking: A Response to Petkov & Mihova-Petkova.- Interpretative Structural Modelling: Decision Making and the Method of Science.- A New Conflict-Based Redundancy Measure.- MCDA in Environmental and Natural Resource Management.- Comparing Contingent Valuation, Conjoint Analysis and Decision Panels: An Application to the Valuation of Reduced Damages from Air Pollution in Norway.- The use of MCDM to evaluate trade-offs between spatial objectives.- Interactive Decision Maps, with an Example Illustrating Ocean Waste Management Decisions.- Second-Generation Interactive Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Reservoir Management.- Carbon Sequestration and Timber Production: A Bi-Criteria Optimisation Problem.- General Applications of MCDA.- Integrated MCDA: A Simulation Case Study.- Viewing a Plant Layout Problem as a Multiobjective Case to Enhance Manufacturing Flexibility.- Judgmental Modelling as a Benchmarking Tool: A Case Study in the Chemical Industry.- Spatial conflicts in transport policies: structuring the analysis for large infrastructure projects.- Congestion Modeling and Multi-Criteria Smoothing Heuristics.- A Real-World MCDA Application in Cellular Telephony Systems.- Interactive MCDM Support System in the Internet.- Using AHP for Text Book Selection.

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