Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Aiding: Cases on Models and Methods with Computer Implementations

Description

This book introduces students on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding and Making courses to practical, real-world cases. Each case study introduces a problem or situation together with a method, and a description and explanation of a computer application. In this sense each chapter is based on four pillars: the problem, the model building, the methods and their implementation. The book presents and elaborates a rich and comprehensive set of practical problems comprising multiple criteria, including numerous approaches for their solution, for decision support or decision aid. It complements traditional textbooks and lecture material by employing case studies to promote a deeper understanding of the investigated concepts and help students apply these methods to other areas. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Benchmarking Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Application to Stores of a Post and Banking Business (Andrea Raith, Paul Rouse, Lawrence M. Seiford)....Pages 1-39 Evaluating the Quality of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans for Prostate Cancer (Emma Stubington, Matthias Ehrgott, Glyn Shentall, Omid Nohadani)....Pages 41-66 DESDEO: An Open Framework for Interactive Multiobjective Optimization (Vesa Ojalehto, Kaisa Miettinen)....Pages 67-94 Integrating Managerial Preferences into the Qualitative Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Team Members (Ann Barcomb, Nicolas Jullien, Patrick Meyer, Alexandru-Liviu Olteanu)....Pages 95-143 Robust Ranking of Universities Evaluated by Hierarchical and Interacting Criteria (Salvatore Corrente, Salvatore Greco, Roman Słowiński)....Pages 145-192 A Multiple Criteria Approach Defining Cultural Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Buildings (Ana Sara Costa, Isabella M. Lami, Salvatore Greco, José Rui Figueira, José Borbinha)....Pages 193-220 Assigning Regions to Sales Representatives at Pfizer Turkey (Murat Köksalan, Sakine Batun)....Pages 221-230 Collaborative Management of Ecosystem Services in Natural Parks Based on AHP and PROMETHEE (Marina Segura, Concepción Maroto, Valerie Belton, Concepción Ginestar, Inmaculada Marqués)....Pages 231-255 Using FITradeoff for Supporting a Decision Process of a Multicriteria Decision Problem (Eduarda Asfora Frej, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida, Danielle Costa Morais)....Pages 257-280 Lean and Green Supplier Selection Problem: A Novel Multi Objective Linear Programming Model for an Electronics Board Manufacturing Company in Turkey (Ahmet Çalık, Turan Paksoy, Sandra Huber)....Pages 281-309