Designing optimal products is one of the most critical activities for a firm to stay competitive. Except for genetic algorithms, previous approaches that solve the optimal product line design problem provide the decision maker with a single best solution. Furthermore, they assume a static...

The high cost of a product failure makes it imperative for a company to assess the market penetration of a new product at its early design. In this context, the Optimal Product Line Design problem was formulated thirty five years ago, and remains a significant research topic in the area of...

Intelligent Support Systems for Marketing Decisions examines new product development, market penetration strategies, and other marketing decisions utilizing a confluence of methods, including Decision Support Systems (DSS), Artificial Intelligence in Marketing and Multicriteria Analysis. The...