Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming Theories and Applications [Paperback]

Most real-life problems involve making decisions to optimally achieve a number of criteria while satisfying some hard or soft constraints. In this book several methods for solving such problems are presented by the leading experts in the area. The book also contains a number of very interesting application papers which demonstrate theoretical modelling, analysing and solution of real-life problems.Most real-life problems involve making decisions to optimally achieve a number of criteria while satisfying some hard or soft constraints. In this book several methods for solving such problems are presented by the leading experts in the area. The book also contains a number of very interesting application papers which demonstrate theoretical modelling, analysing and solution of real-life problems.1. Introduction.- 1: Multi-Objective Programming and Multi-Criteria Decision Making.- 2. Dynamic Choices in Economics: A Compromise Approach.- 3. Application of Multicriteria Analysis to Ranking and Evaluation of Water Development Projects (The Case of Jordan).- 4. Multi-Criteria Efficiency Profiling.- 5. Nimbus  Interactive Method for Nondifferentiable Multiobjective Optimization Problems.- 6. A Graphic Search Based on Active Sets for Nonlinear Convex Multiple Objective Programming with Linear Constraints.- 7. A Sequential Network-Based Approach for the Multiobjective Network Flow Problem with Preemptive Priorities.- 8. MOLP Formulation Assistance Using LP Infeasibility Analysis.- 9. Optimizing the Yield of an Extrusion Process in the Aluminum Industry.- 10. Projective and Symbolic Degeneracy-Reducing Techniques for Multiple Objective Linear Programming.- 11. Interactive Multiple Criteria Optimization for Capital Budgeting in a Canadian Telecommunications Company.- 12. The Ekelands Principle and the Pareto c-efficiency.- 13. Generation of Pareto Solutions By Entropy-Based Methods.- 2: Goal Programming.- 14. An Overview of Current Solution Methods and Modelling Practices in GoalÃj