Multiple Criteria Decision Support in Engineering Design - Hardcover

Sen, Pratyush; Yang, Jian-Bo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540199322 ISBN 13: 9783540199328

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1998

Synopsis

Multiple criteria decision making tools have been developing at an extremely rapid pace over the last few years. This work explores the nature of the pursuit, using the authors extensive experience in the field. With its clear, concise approach combining industrial examples and case studies, this book will be of interest to graduate students, practicing engineers, and project managers.

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Synopsis

This is an examination of some of the underlying issues and related modelling strategies, with a view to exploring the rich potential of a generalized multiple criteria approach to design decision making. The arguments are supported by numerical examples. It can be argued that, within the classic monocriterion paradigm, the optimal solution is inarguably identified once the feasible alternatives are established and an objective function agreed on. It is only when conflict resolution is involved that decision making truly becomes important, and many design situations exist where stated functional requirements may be in actual or potential conflict. The most preferred solution under such circumstances depends on the designer's or decision maker's priorities, so that the chosen solution is based on a combination of technical possibilities and designer preferences. This book addresses the key concepts in multiple criteria decision making and provides valuable insight into how such problems arise and can be solved, in the area of decision making in general and in the domain of engineering design in particular.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540199322
• ISBN 13: 9783540199328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277