In this paper we are considering an Organization with a central unit and several subunits. The central unit has to solve a coordination problem for the whole Organization, which can be stated as: How can the decisions concerning future acts needing scarce resources being at the central unit's...

In this paper we are considering an Organization with a central unit and several subunits. The central unit has to solve a coordination problem for the whole Organization, which can be stated as: How can the decisions concerning future acts needing scarce resources being at the central unit's...

Linear weighing is a common approach to handle multiple criteria and the "knapsack" is a well-known combinatorial optimization problem. A knapsack problem with two linearly weighted, objective criteria is considered in this paper. For better support, it is important to provide the decision maker...

Over the past 20--30 years multi-objective mathematical programming (MOMP) has emerged as an increasingly active area of research in the fields of management science, operations research, applied mathematics, and engineering. Despite the intensity of interest, however, earlier surveys of MOMP...

This paper considers a bicriterion scheduling problem where a linear combination of two objective functions is considered, with weighting factors used to represent relative importance of the two criteria, i.e., total flowtime and range of lateness. A branch-and-bound solution procedure is...

This paper presents multiperiod, multiple objective goal programming as an alternative to the more conventional hedge ratio approaches to financial futures hedging. The described model offers the potential benefits of: (i) simultaneous achievement of multiple hedge-related objectives (i.e.,...

A multiobjective integer programming model is presented for allocating an area of land for development. The objectives considered in the allocation are cost, proximity to desirable and undesirable land features and the shape of the area. An interactive multiobjective optimization algorithm is...

In this paper, oil spills occurring near shore in semienclosed waterways are viewed as emergency events. A partial set covering model, similar to those developed for firehouse location analysis, is applied to the problem of locating oil spill response equipment. The model includes both...

An interactive method employing pairwise comparisons of attainable solutions is developed for solving the discrete, deterministic multiple criteria problem assuming a single decision maker who has an implicit quasi-concave increasing utility (or value) function. The method chooses an arbitrary...

A method is proposed for the analysis of multiple criteria decision making problems in an interactive environment, when decision-maker preferences are inconsistent with a simple utility model and/or are self-inconsistent (e.g., showing intransitivities). A maximum likelihood estimation procedure...