Decision Aids for Selection Problems

✍ Scribed by David L. Olson (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Series: Springer Series in Operations Research
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

One of the most important tasks faced by decision-makers in business and government is that of selection. Selection problems are challenging in that they require the balancing of multiple, often conflicting, criteria. In recent years, a number of interesting decision aids have become available to assist in such decisions.
The aim of this book is to provide a comparative survey of many of the decision aids currently available. The first chapters present general ideas which underpin the methodologies used to design these aids. Subsequent chapters then focus on specific decision aids and demonstrate some of the software which implement these ideas. A final chapter provides a comparative analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Developing Criteria Hierarchies....Pages 9-18
Multiattribute Utility Theory....Pages 19-33
Smart....Pages 34-48
The Analytic Hierarchy Process....Pages 49-68
Geometric Mean Technique....Pages 69-80
Preference Cones....Pages 81-95
Outranking Methods....Pages 96-118
Zapros....Pages 119-133
Aspiration-Level Interactive Model....Pages 134-144
Visual Interactive Method....Pages 145-150
Models with Uncertain Estimates....Pages 151-161
Comparisons....Pages 162-172
Back Matter....Pages 173-194

✦ Subjects

Operations Research/Decision Theory; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Economic Theory