Fuzzy Multiple Objective Decision Making

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Introduction

1.1 PROFILE OF MULTIPLE CRITERION DECISION MAKING

The decision-making process involves a series of steps: identifying the problem,

constructing the preferences, evaluating the alternatives, and determining the

best alternative (Simon, 1977; Keeney and Raiffa, 1993; Kleindorfer et al., 1993).

Generally speaking, three kinds of formal analysis can be employed to solve

decision-making problems (Bell et al., 1988; Kleindorfer et al., 1993): (1) descriptive

analysis focuses on the problems that decision makers actually face; (2) prescriptive

analysis considers the methods used by decision makers to improve their decisions;

and (3