Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis State of the Art Surveys

In two volumes, this new edition presents the state of the art in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA).  Reflecting the explosive growth in the field seen during the last several years, the editors not only present surveys of the foundations of

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Salvatore Greco Matthias Ehrgott José Rui Figueira Editors

Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis State of the Art Surveys Second Edition

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Volume 233

Series Editor Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA Associate Series Editor Joe Zhu Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA Founding Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6161

Salvatore Greco • Matthias Ehrgott José Rui Figueira Editors

Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis State of the Art Surveys Volume 1 and 2 Second Edition

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Editors Salvatore Greco Department of Economics and Business University of Catania Catania, Italy

Matthias Ehrgott Department of Management Science Lancaster University Lancaster, UK

Portsmouth Business School Centre of Operations Research and Logistics (CORL) University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, UK José Rui Figueira CEG-IST, Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal

ISSN 0884-8289 ISSN 2214-7934 (electronic) International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISBN 978-1-4939-3093-7 ISBN 978-1-4939-3094-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3094-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015957403 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2005 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)

Contents

Volume I Part I

The History and Current State of MCDA

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An Early History of Multiple Criteria Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murat Köksalan, Jyrki Wallenius, and Stanley Zionts

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Paradigms and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernard Roy

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Part II

Foundations of MCDA

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