For several decades, scholars have developed methods for solving optimization problems which emerge in economics, econometrics, operations research, and other disciplines. A considerable effort has been made to construct equations from which constraints can be derived, but surprisingly little...

This book deals with dynamic and stochastic methods for multi-project planning. Based on the idea of using queueing networks for the analysis of dynamic-stochastic multi-project environments this book addresses two problems: detailed scheduling of project activities, and integrated order...

The book is a benefit for graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of operations research, decision theory, optimization theory, linear algebra, interval analysis, and fuzzy sets. The book will also be useful for the researchers in the respective areas. The first part of the book deals...

I Opening Speech -- Opening Remarks: A Retrospection over 35 Years of Work -- II Keynote Addresses -- Decision Models and Preferences: The Pioneering Contributions of Ragnar Frisch -- Experiments with Preference Functions -- III Representation of Preferences by Objective Functions -- On the...

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...

In the last 25 years, the fuzzy set theory has been applied in many disciplines such as operations research, management science, control theory, artificial intelligence/expert system, etc. In this volume, methods and applications of crisp, fuzzy and possibilistic multiple objective decision...

“Optimal Consumption and Portfolio Strategies in a Continuous-Time Model with Summary-Dependent Preferences” -- “Application of MCDM to Geological Exploration Planning” -- “Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Siting Policy Using Multiobjective Programming” -- “An Introduction to the...

The book consists of three parts: The first part reviews the development in axiomatic utility theory under risk since the axiomatization of expected utility by von Neumann and Morgenstein. The second part explores some approaches to represent preferences which exhibit boundary effects. The third...

I. Introduction -- II. Basic Concepts and Foundations -- 1. Definitions -- 2. Models for MADM -- 3. Transformation of Attributes -- 4. Fuzzy Decision Rules -- 5. Methods for Assessing Weight -- III. Methods for Multiple Attribute Decision Making -- 1. Methods for No Preference Information Given...

The subject of this book is game theory and its possible applications in several fields. The papers presented at the conference are sorted into three main groups: games, dynamic games and social games. Some new ideas and methods on stochastic dynamic games and bargaining games are presented and...