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 book presents the recent advances to the theory of multicriteria analysis, covering all its major aspects in a unique edited volume. (Imprint: Novinka)

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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, Dept. of Production Systems and Economics, Di Torino, Italy)

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, University of Antwerp, Belgium and others)

Chapter 3. Experience-Based Decision Support as an Approach to Subjectivity Overcoming;pp. 43-65
(N.S. Gnatenko and S.M. Grysha, National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI")

Chapter 4. A Graph Dominance Justification of the Row Geometric Mean Priorization Procedure in the AHP;pp. 67-75
(J. Aguaron and J.M. Moreno-Jimenez, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)

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, Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Chapter 6. A Multi-Objective Linear Programming Model for Energy Planning in an Autonomous Power Generation System, Milos Island;pp. 93-115
(M. Kourempele, G. Mavrotas, L. Geronikolou, and S. Rozakos, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece and others)

Chapter 7. Multidimensional Analysis of Macro Sustainability of Russia;pp. 117-137
(S.E. Shmelev, Environmental Europe, Oxford, UK)

Chapter 8. Developing a Strategy Evaluation System for Healthcare Organizations;pp.139-174
(E. Grigoroudis, E. Orfanoudaki, and C. Zopounidis, Technical University of Crete, Kounoupidiana, Chania,Greece)

Chapter 9. Using Patient Satisfaction Surveys to Evaluate a Public Hospital Organization;pp. 175-199
(Vassilios Fortsas, Evangelos Grigoroudis and Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Technical Univesity of Crete, Hania, Greece)

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, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece)

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

Index