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Multicriterion Decision in Management Principles and Practice

Multicriterion Decision in Management: Principles and Practice is the first multicriterion analysis book devoted exclusively to discrete multicriterion decision making. Typically, multicriterion analysis is used in two distinct frameworks: Firstly, there is multiple criteria linear programming, whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pomerol, Jean-Charles, Barba-Romero, Sergio (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
Subjects:
Operations Research
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Mathematical Optimization
Operations Research And Decision Theory
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 4 Weighting methods and associated problems
  • 4.1 Weights and weighted sums
  • 4.2 Geometrical interpretation
  • 4.3 Determining weights
  • 4.4 The entropy method
  • 4.5 Direct evaluation methods
  • 4.6 Eigenvalue methods
  • 4.7 Methods of comparison of alternatives
  • 4.8 Other problems
  • 5 Ordinal multicriterion methods
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Borda’s method
  • 5.3 The Condorcet method
  • 5.4 Social choice and Arrow’s theorem
  • 5.5 The method of Bowman and Colantoni
  • 5.6 Lexicographic methods
  • 6 Additive utility functions and associated methods
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The problem of comparing utilities
  • 6.3 Definition and cardinality of additive utility functions
  • 6.4 Difference additivity models
  • 6.5 The existence of additively separable utility functions
  • 6.6 Constructing additive utilities
  • 6.7 The UTA method
  • 7 Outranking methods
  • 7.1Introduction
  • 7.2 Outranking relations
  • 7.3 The Electre method
  • 7.4 The Promethee method
  • 7.5 Other methods
  • 8 Other multicriterion decision methods
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2. Alternative comparison methods
  • 8.3. Methods involving distance from an ideal alternative
  • 8.4 Permutation methods
  • 8.5 Miscellaneous methods
  • 9 Computers, Artificial Intelligence, Interactivity and Multicriterion Decision
  • 9.1 The complexity of calculations
  • 9.2 Artificial intelligence (AI) and multicriterion decision
  • 9.3 Interactivity
  • 9.4 Interactive multicriterion methods
  • 9.5 Incorporation of multicriterion methods in DSS
  • 9.6 Conclusion
  • 10 Software for discrete multicriterion decision
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Logical Decisions
  • 10.3 Promcalc
  • 10.4 Expert Choice
  • 10.5 Qualiflex
  • 10.6 Brief review of DMD software
  • 11 Multicriterion decision in practice
  • 11.1 The role of multicriterion decision in descriptive models of human decision
  • 11.2 People and timing in multicriterion decision
  • 11.3 On modeling
  • 11.4 From aggregation to choice
  • 1 What is multicriterion decision making?
  • 1.1 Choice in the presence of multiple criteria
  • 1.2 Historical background
  • 1.3 The role of multicriterion analysis in organizations
  • 1.4 An example to introduce some basic notions
  • 1.5 Continuous multicriterion decision-making
  • 1.6 How to use the book
  • 2 Basic principles and tools
  • 2.1 The discrete multicriterion decision (DMD) paradigm
  • 2.2 The decision maker’s preferences and order relations
  • 2.3 Preorders and utility functions
  • 2.4 Ordinal and cardinal utility functions and evaluation of alternatives
  • 2.5 Semi-criteria and pseudo-criteria
  • 2.6 Models and aims of multicriterion decision making
  • 2.7 Evaluation of alternatives and normalization
  • 3 Analysis of dominance and satisfaction
  • 3.1 Product preorders and dominance
  • 3.2 Cones and preorders
  • 3.3 Pre-analysis of dominance
  • 3.4 Pre-analysis of satisfaction
  • 3.5 Methods of discrete multicriterion decision
  • 11.5 Reactions of decision makers to multicriterion decision
  • 11.6 Applications
  • 12 Multicriterion methods: features and comparisons
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 A theoretical framework for analyzing the desirable properties of choice functions
  • 12.3 Empirical comparison of practical properties
  • 12.4 Comparison of multicriterion aggregation procedures: the various factors to be considered
  • 12.5 The specialist’s point of view: choice of a method in terms of information available and terms of reference
  • 12.6 Choice of method: the user’s point of view
  • 12.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Author Inde

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