Book Description:
The changes in the technological and business environment have complicated the nature of the decision-making process in real-world problems, thus motivating the development of new operations research (OR) methodologies. The traditional OR context is usually based on a single objective approach using profit (cost) maximization (minimization) criteria. However, it is now widely acknowledged that such an approach overlooks additional factors which are also highly relevant in a decision-making context. This new book presents the recent advances to the theory of multicriteria analysis, covering all its major aspects in a unique edited volume.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. How to Support Decisions and Guarantee Robustness in Multi Criteria Decision Aid when the Preference System is not "Accessible," pp. 1-16
(Maria Franca Norese)

Chapter 2. Is Robustness Really Robust? Robustness from the Point of View of Statistics and Econometrics with an Application for Multi-Objective Optimization, pp. 17-42
(Willem K. Brauers and Edmundas K. Zavadskas)

Chapter 3. Experience-Based Decision Support as an Approach to Subjectivity Overcoming, pp. 43-66
(N.S. Gnatenko and S.M. Grysha)

Chapter 4. A Graph Dominance Justification of the Row Geometric Mean Priorization Procedure in the AHP, pp. 67-76
(J. Aguaron and J.M. Moreno-Jimenez)

Chapter 5. ProSel: A Decision Support System for Project Portfolio Selection Based on Multi-Objective Programming, pp. 77-92
(Horst W. Hamacher, Stefan Ruzika, Akin Tanatmis)

Chapter 6. A Multi-Objective Linear Programming Model for Energy Planning in an Autonomous Power Generation System, Milos Island, pp. 93-116
(M. Kourempele, G. Mavrotas, L. Geronikolou, and S. Rozakos)

Chapter 7. Multidimensional Analysis of Macro Sustainability of Russia, pp. 117-138
(S.E. Shmelev)

Chapter 8. Developing a Strategy Evaluation System for Healthcare Organizations, pp. 139-174
(E. Grigoroudis, E. Orfanoudaki, and C. Zopounidis)

Chapter 9. Using Patient Satisfaction Surveys to Evaluate a Public Hospital Organization, pp. 175-200
(Vassilios Fortsas, Evangelos Grigoroudis and Nikolaos Matsatsinis)

Chapter 10. A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for the Evaluation of Road Traffic Police Efficiency in Greece, pp. 201-212
(M. Doumpos, C. Zopounidis and S. Koutsogiannopoulos)

Chapter 11. Robot Selection Methods in Industrial Applications: Review, Classification, and Comparative Analysis, pp. 213-238
(D.E. Koulouriotis and M.k. Ketipi)

Index pp.239-246