Multiple Criteria Optimization

With the ever rapidly increasing rate of publications in the area and the development of subfields, these were mostly devoted to particular aspects of multicriteria optimization: Multiobjective Integer Programming, Multi-objective Combinatorial Optimization, Vector Optimization, Multiobjective Evolutionary Methods, Applications of MCDM, MCDM Software, Goal Programming. Hence the need for a comprehensive overview of the literature in multicriteria optimization that could serve as a state of the art survey and guide to the vast amount of publications. Multiple Criteria Optimization: State of the Art Annotated Bibliographic Surveys is precisely this book. Experts in various areas of multicriteria optimization have contributed to the volume. The chapters in this book roughly follow a thread from most general to more specific. Some of them are about particular types of problems (Theory of Vector Optimization, Nonlinear Multiobjective Programming, Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming, Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization, Multicriteria Scheduling Problems), while the others are focused on multi-objective methodologies (Goal Programming, Interactive Methods, Evolutionary Algorithms, Data Envelopment Analysis). All contributing authors invested great effort to produce comprehensive overviews and bibliographies and to have references that are as precise as possible.

One of the main branches of multiple criteria decision making, multiple criteria optimization uses mathematical methods to solve problems that have multiple, sometimes conflicting, objectives. This text attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the vast amount of literature in this area. Moving from the general to the more specific, some chapters in this volume consider various types of problems, such as fuzzy multiobjective programming and multicriteria scheduling problems. Other chapters focus on methodologies such as goal programming and evolutionary algorithms. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR