From Optimisation to Multi-Criteria Decision Aid: Three Main Operational Attitudes -- An Algorithm for Combined Quadratic and Multiobjective Programming -- Quasi-Kernels of Outranking Relations -- Existence and Duality in Multiple Objective Linear Programming -- On the Relationship of the...

“Interpolation Independence” -- “A Multiple Criteria Decision Model for Repeated Choice Situations” -- “Evaluating Joint Life-Saving Activities under Uncertainty” -- “The Interactive Surrogate Worth Trade-off Method for Multiobjective Decision-Making” -- “Cardinal Preference...

The volume contains 43 (out of 185) papers that were presented at the 15th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making held in Ankara, Turkey July 10-14, 2000. The conference was one of the regular conferences of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making,...

1. An Introduction to Redundancy -- 1.1 Redundancy -- 1.2 Causes of Redundancy -- 1.3 Consequences of Redundancy -- 1.4 Dealing with Redundancy -- 1.5 A Survey of the Literature -- 1.6 Objective and Plan of the Study -- 2. Mathematical Foundations and Notation -- 2.1 Notation -- 2.2 Terminology...