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Theodor 1. Stewart Robin C. van den Honert (Eds.)
Trends in Multicriteria Decision Making Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making Cape Town, South Africa, January 1997
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Editors Theodor 1. Stewart Robin C. van den Honert University of Cape Town Department of Statistical Sciences Rondebosch 7701 South Africa Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for
Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme 1'rends in multicriteria decision making : proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Cape Town, South Mrica, January 1997 / Theodor J. Stewart; Robin C. van den Honert (ed.). - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Budapest ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Springer, 1998 (Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems; Vol. 465) ISBN-13: 978-3-540-64741-6
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Preface This volume contains a collection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference on MUltiple Criteria Decision Making held in Cape Town during 6--10 January 1997. This was one of the regular conferences of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, which are held at approximately two-yearly intervals. The 13th conference was attended by 143 delegates from 35 countries, and 123 papers were presented. Some of the papers which were presented are included in another volume published by Springer, namely the "festschrift" for Professor Stanley Zionts of Buffalo, New York, entitled Essays in Decision rnaJcing: A Volume in Honour of Stanley Zionts (edited by Mark H Karwan, Jaap Spronk and Jyrki Wallenius). The present volume provides a record of the technical part of the proceedings of the conference. In reflecting back on January 1997, however, memories return of the social occasions, and the camaraderie which develop
