Multiple Criteria Decision Making : Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference: Expand and Enrich the Domains of Thinking and Application

It was a great honor and privilege to organize the Tenth International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making at Taipei, Taiwan, July 19-24, 1992. Accompanying this unique honor and privilege there was a series of complex, challenging problems. Each of them involved multiple criteria, fuzziness, uncertainty, unknown yet dynamic changes. The problem sometimes cost us sleep because we wanted to do the very best job, but in reality it seemed to be impossible. The following are the main goals of the organization committee: (i) inviting all prominent and distinguished MCDM scholars around the world to participate in the conference and to present their up-to-date research results, (ii) providing financial aid and hospitality so that each invited speaker can have free room and board at a five star hotel, (iii) creating an environment so that all participants can freely exchange their ideas, and build friendships around the world. Due to the enthusiastic participation of the prominent scholars, the generous support of the Taiwan government, universities, the Industrial leaders and nonprofit foundations, and the active problem solving attitude and doing of the organizational committee and the Habitual Domain (HD) club, the conference was a great success. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Toward Expanding and Enriching Domains of Thinking and Application....Pages 1-9 Decision Making During the Implementation of a Billion Dollar Steel Mill Project in Taiwan: Concept of Habitual Domains....Pages 11-15 Multiple Criteria Decision Making: THE CHALLENGE THAT LIES AHEAD....Pages 17-26 Interior-Point Methods for Multiobjective Linear Programming Problems....Pages 27-36 A Modification of Karmarkar’s Algorithm to Multiple Objective Linear Programming Problems....Pages 37-46 Generalized Tradeoff Directions in Multiobjective Optimization Problems....Pages 47-56 A Multiobjective Algorithm Integrated of Compromise Programming and NISE Method....Pages 57-63 Minimax Regret in Linear Programming Problems with an Interval Objective Function....Pages 65-74 A Survey of Integrated Group Decision Support Systems Involving Multiple Criteria....Pages 75-85 The Light Beam Search Over a Non-dominated Surface of a Multiple-objective Programming Problem....Pages 87-99 Solving the Multiobjective Decision Making Problem Using a Distance Function....Pages 101-107 Using Multiobjective Optimization As a Separation Strategy for Nonseparable Problems....Pages 109-117 An Interactive Algorithm for Solving Multiple Objective Nonlinear Programming Problems....Pages 119-127 An Axiomatic Approach to Metrization of Multiset Space....Pages 129-140 Well-Posedness in The Linear Vector Semi-Infinite Optimization....Pages 141-150 A New Algorithm for Solving Multiobjective Linear Fractional Programming: The CONNISE Method....Pages 151-158 Finding the Most Vital Arc in the Shortest Path Problem with Fuzzy Arc Lengths....Pages 159-168 Interactive Decision Making for Multiobjective Fuzzy Linear Regression Analysis....Pages 169-178 Interactive Fuzzy Multiobjective Linear Programming Packages....Pages 179-188 Effective Expansion of A Partially Known Competence Set....Pages 189-198 Opportunities on Parallel and Distributed Computation for Optimization and Decision Support....Pages 199-208 Fundamentals of Intelligent Support Systems for Fuzzy Multiobjective Decision Analysis....Pages 209-218 Multi-objective Evaluation Expert System Assisting Flexible Production System Design....Pages 219-228 Efficient Frontier Scanning in MOLP Using a New Tool....Pages 229-238 Man-Machine Interfacing in MCDA....Pages 239-253 A Multiple Reference Point Parallel Approach in MCDM....Pages 255-263 Interactive Decentralized Planning: Some Numerical Experiments....Pages 265-274 Multimode Data Analysis for Decision Making....Pages 275-282 Simulated Annealing for Multi Objective Optimization Problems....Pages 283-292 Multicriteria Design as a Natural Phenomenon....Pages 293-300 Approximation of the Set of Efficient Objective Vectors for Large Scale MOLP....Pages 301-310 Multiple Criteria Visual Interactive System with Focused Contouring of Efficient Criterion Vectors....Pages 311-320 Designing Multiple Criteria Negotiation Support Systems: Frameworks, Issues and Implementation....Pages 321-330 Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Group Decision Making in Project Selection....Pages 331-340 Can Multiple Criteria Methods Help Production Scheduling?....Pages 341-349 The Application of Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making to the Transit System Performance Evaluation....Pages 351-360 Scheduling with Multiple Criteria....Pages 361-368 Engineering Applications of Multi-objective Programming: Recent Results....Pages 369-378 Multicriteria Analysis of Estuary Restoration in the Rhine Delta....Pages 379-388 On Decision of Optimum Index Fund....Pages 389-398 This Volume Is A Collection Of Selected Papers Which Reflects The Highlights Of The 10th International Multiple Criteria Decision Making Conference Held In Taipei. The Papers Cover A Wide Range Of Topics And Applications In Which Mcdm Techniques Have Been Used. The Participants Of The Conference Consisted Primarily Of Prominent And Distinguished Mcdm Scholars Around The World Contributing Their Up-to-date Research And Results Of Mcdm. As A Result, Any Professional Whose Work Involves Mcdm Will Find This Volume Valuable. Edited By G. H. Tzeng, H. F. Wang, U. P. Wen, P. L. Yu.