This book describes a system of mathematical models and methods that can be used to analyze real economic and managerial decisions and to improve their effectiveness. Application areas include: management of development and operation budgets, assessment and management of economic systems using...

General Framework: Policy Making as a Problem with Multiple Criteria -- Economic Policy Using Applied General Equilibrium Models: An Overview -- Basic Aspects of the Multiple Criteria Decision Making Paradigm -- Multicriteria Economic Policies: General Ideas and Some Previous Experiences --...

This book presents a methodological approach for the joint design of economic and environmental policies. The starting point is the observation that, in practice, policy makers do not usually have a well-defined objective, but they are typically concerned about a number of economic and...