Uncertain Multi-Attribute Decision Making : Methods and Applications

This book introduces methods for uncertain multi-attribute decision making including uncertain multi-attribute group decision making and their applications to supply chain management, investment decision making, personnel assessment, redesigning products, maintenance services, military system efficiency evaluation. Multi-attribute decision making, also known as multi-objective decision making with finite alternatives, is an important component of modern decision science. The theory and methods of multi-attribute decision making have been extensively applied in engineering, economics, management and military contexts, such as venture capital project evaluation, facility location, bidding, development ranking of industrial sectors and so on. Over the last few decades, great attention has been paid to research on multi-attribute decision making in uncertain settings, due to the increasing complexity and uncertainty of supposedly objective aspects and the fuzziness of human thought. This book can be used as a reference guide for researchers and practitioners working in e.g. the fields of operations research, information science, management science and engineering. It can also be used as a textbook for postgraduate and senior undergraduate students. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Real-Valued MADM with Weight Information Unknown....Pages 3-50 MADM with Preferences on Attribute Weights....Pages 51-98 MADM with Partial Weight Information....Pages 99-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Interval MADM with Real-Valued Weight Information....Pages 137-175 Interval MADM with Unknown Weight Information....Pages 177-205 Interval MADM with Partial Weight Information....Pages 207-234 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Linguistic MADM with Unknown Weight Information....Pages 237-262 Linguistic MADM Method with Real-Valued or Unknown Weight Information....Pages 263-305 MADM Method Based on Pure Linguistic Information....Pages 307-319 Front Matter....Pages 321-321 Uncertain Linguistic MADM with Unknown Weight Information....Pages 323-338 Uncertain Linguistic MADM Method with Real-Valued Weight Information....Pages 339-355 Uncertain Linguistic MADM Method with Interval Weight Information....Pages 357-365 Back Matter....Pages 367-373