One Introduction -- 1.1. Problem statement -- 1.2. Outline of the book -- 1.3. Relevant economic literature -- 1.4. The multilevel approach -- Two The Model of the Firm: Multiple Techniques and Make-or-buy Decisions -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The firm in input-output terminology -- 2.3....

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). MCDM has been an active research area for over 20 years and the previous conferences clearly showed a tremendous growth of interest. A variety of successful...

This book provides a systematic, formal treatment of a recently proposed extension of the expected utility model of choice under risk: the so-called rank-dependent utility model. In this approach the representation of preferences is based upon a (generalized) utility function defined on the...

1. The Concept of Objectives -- 1.1. The Decision Situation under Consideration -- 1.2. The Concept of Objectives under Certainty -- 1.3. The Concept of Objectives under Uncertainty -- 2. Formal Statement of the Problem -- 2.1. Complete Systems of Objectives -- 2.2. Criteria Vectors -- 2.3. The...

This book introduces a general framework for sensitivity analysis in multi-objective decision making. It deals with decision making under partial information. The proper axiomatic foundations are developed, a convenient paramentric model is introduced and the adequate solution concepts are...

The important issue of how to overcome rigidness, inadequacy and human inconsistency regarding conventional assumptions on preferences in decision making (for example, regarding yes/no crispness or transitivity) is discussed by well-known experts in this volume. In the introductory articles,...