Two major contributions are made to the problem of resource allocation to indivisible projects with uncertain outcomes: the concepts of preferential independence and utility independence for the space of discrete projects are defined, and a multiattribute utility theory is linked with...

This paper describes a multiobjective decision analysis performed to assist in selecting the conductor, tower size, and number of subconductors per bundle for a proposed 765 kV transmission line. Multiobjective decision analysis is shown to provide a systematic, logical framework for handling...