Multiple Criteria Decision Methods and Applications : Selected Readings of the First International Summer School Acireale, Sicily, September 1983

1. Introduction: MCDM on Its Way to Maturity -- A: Multiple Criteria Decision Methods and Support -- 2. Basic Concepts for Multicriteria Decision Support -- 3. Multiattribute Utility Theory as a Basic Approach -- 4. Outranking Methods -- 5. An Informal Introduction to Multicriteria Evaluation -- 6. Mlultiple Criteria Mathematical Programming: an Overview and Several Approaches -- 7. Mathematics of the Multiple Objective Programming Problem — a Tutorial -- 8. Decision Concepts for Organisations -- 9. Theories of Risk and MCDM -- 10. Data Structures and Complexity of Algorithms for Discrete MCDM Methods -- 11. Data Base Approach for Multicriteria Decision Support Systems (MCDSS) -- 12. Design of Computer Support for Multicriteria and Multiperson Decisions in Regional Water Resources Planning -- B: Applications -- 13. Financial Planning with Conflicting Objectives -- 14. Interactive Multiple Goal Programming for Bank Portfolio Selection -- 15. MCDM Problems in Rabobank Nederland -- 16. On the Applicability of Game-Theoretic and Bargaining Methods to a Wage Bargaining Problem -- 17. Computer Selection and Multicriteria Decision Aid -- 18. A Methodology for Multiple Criteria Environmental Plan Evaluation -- 19. An Example of Comparison of Two Decision-Aid Models -- 20. Multiple Criteria Analysis in Energy Planning and Policy Assessment -- List of Contributors.