Interactive coordination of objective decompositions in multiobjective programming

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1350-1363

  Engau, Alexander ^a   Wiecek, Margaret M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Decomposition; Interactive decision making; Multiobjective programming

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; COORDINATION METHODS; DECISION MAKERS; DECOMPOSITION APPROACHES; INTERACTIVE DECISION MAKING; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGS; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATIONS; SCALARIZATION; SELECTION PROBLEMS; SUB-PROBLEMS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TRADE-OFF INFORMATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION THEORY; DECOMPOSITION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 61849178814     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0848     Document Type: Article

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