The important issue of how to overcome rigidness, inadequacy and human inconsistency regarding conventional assumptions on preferences in decision making (for example, regarding yes/no crispness or transitivity) is discussed by well-known experts in this volume. In the introductory articles,...

Network flow and matching are often treated separately in the literature and for each class a variety of different algorithms has been developed. These algorithms are usually classified as primal, dual, primal-dual etc. The question the author addresses in this work is that of the existence of a...

In this book the foundations and applicability of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Utility Function are laid out. It is shown how by removing the constraint of fixed preferences in the neoclassical consumer theory, utility theory can be used to develop non-parametric indices along with...

In engineering and economics a certain vector of inputs or decisions must often be chosen, subject to some constraints, such that the expected costs arising from the deviation between the output of a stochastic linear system and a desired stochastic target vector are minimal. In many cases the...

1: Introduction -- 1.1 Substantive Issues -- 1.2 Methodological Issues -- 1.3 Organization of the Book -- One: Econometric Foundations Discrete Choice Analysis -- 2: The Random utility Maximization Hypothesis -- 3: Functional Specification of Discrete Choice Models -- 4: The Nested Multinominal...

I. Intelligent Decision Support Systems -- An Interactive Knowledge Support System with Imperfect Information: Toward a Microcomputer Implementation of ARIADNE -- Object Model for a Deep Knowledge System -- A Distributed Problem Solving Approach to Control Asynchronous and Concurrent Processes...

One Introduction -- 1.1. Problem statement -- 1.2. Outline of the book -- 1.3. Relevant economic literature -- 1.4. The multilevel approach -- Two The Model of the Firm: Multiple Techniques and Make-or-buy Decisions -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The firm in input-output terminology -- 2.3....

I: Introduction -- 1: Overview and Summary -- II: Econometric Specifications of the Disequilibrium Model -- 2: Previous Specifications -- 3: The Exact Excess Demand Specification -- 4: Evaluating the Exact Excess Demand Specification -- Appendix A: Linear Spillovers -- III: Estimation of a...

In vector optimization one investigates optimization problems in an abstract setting which have a not necessarily real-valued objective function. This scientific discipline is closely related to multi-objective optimization and multi-criteria decision making. This book contains refereed...