Mathematical Models for Decision Making with Multiple Perspectives
eBook - ePub

Mathematical Models for Decision Making with Multiple Perspectives

An Introduction

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mathematical Models for Decision Making with Multiple Perspectives

An Introduction

About this book

This book brings together, in a single volume, the fields of multicriteria decision making and multiobjective optimization that are traditionally covered separately. Both fields have in common the presence of multiple perspectives of looking at and evaluating decisions to be taken but they differ in the number of available alternatives. Multicriteria approaches deal with decision processes where a finite number of alternatives have to be evaluated while, in multiobjective optimization, this number is infinite and the space of alternatives continuous. This book is written for students of applied mathematics, engineering, and economics and management, with no assumed previous knowledge on the subject, as well as for practitioners in industry looking for techniques to support decision making. The mathematical formalism is very low, so that all materials are accessible to most readers. Nonetheless, a rich bibliography allows interested readers to access more technical literature.

The textbook is organized in eleven chapters, each corresponding to a class of about two hours. A comprehensive set of examples is presented, allowing for a didactic approach when presenting the methodologies. Each chapter ends with exercises that are designed to develop problem-solving skills and to promote concepts retention.

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Yes, you can access Mathematical Models for Decision Making with Multiple Perspectives by Maria Isabel Gomes,Nelson Chibeles Martins in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mathematics & Applied Mathematics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. 1. Single Criterion Decision Making
  7. 2. Sequential Decisions and Introduction to Utility Theory
  8. 3. Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique — SMART
  9. 4. The ELECTRE Methods
  10. 5. Analytic Hierarchy Process
  11. 6. TOPSIS and Fuzzy TOPSIS
  12. 7. Multi-Objective Linear Programming
  13. 8. Lexicographic and ɛ-Constraint Methods
  14. 9. Weighted Sum and Distance Minimization Methods
  15. 10. Interactive Methods
  16. 11. Goal Programming
  17. Index