Key Features:First book to cover an informal history of Multiple Criteria Decision MakingCovers decade-by-decade developments in MCDM, from early history until nowContains brief biographies and pictures of major contributors in the field.

A simple, eclectic approach for solving discrete alternative multiple criteria decision problems is presented. It is based on the concept of the level of aspiration, and draws on ideas of various researchers. It assumes that the user has a set of alternatives with each alternative having a score...