Advanced Studies in Multi-Criteria Decision Making

With contributions from some of the top academics and scientists in the field, Advanced Studies in Multi-Criteria Decision Making presents an updated view of the landscape of Decision Sciences, current research topics, the interaction with other sciences and fields, as well as the prospects and challenges at an international level. Given that Decision Sciences are recognized today as indispensable for confronting the major societal challenges in science and technology, this book would be of interest to decision-makers, managers, and researchers from academia, and industrial/services companies that would like a fresh insight into MCDM. Features Integrates a wide range of scientific fields with a general reader approach, including applied researchers from the social, business, enterprise sciences Suitable for academics and professionals Presents a broad coverage of MCDM tools either in industry or in services companies and systems Provides a fresh overview on MCDM studies promoted by prestigious R&D institutions Chapter 1: Implications of World Mega Trends for MCDM Research Hannele Wallenius and Jyrki Wallenius Chapter 2: MCDA/M in Telecommunication Networks - challenges and trends João Clímaco and José Craveirinha Chapter 3: SISTI: a multicriteria approach to structure complex decision problems Maria Franca Norese Chapter 4: Applying Intangible Criteria in Multiple Criteria Optimization Problems: Challenges and Solutions Marina V. Polyashuk Chapter 5: Some methods and algorithms for constructing smart city rankings Esther Dopazo and Maria L. Martínez-Cespedes Chapter 6: Agricultural Supply Chains Prioritization for Development of affected areas by the Columbian conflict Eduar Aguirre and Pablo Manyoma Chapter 7: Decision Making and Robust Optimization for Medicines Shortages in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chains João Luís de Miranda, Mariana Nagy and Miguel Casquilho Chapter 8: Using spatial decision models for rank ordering chocolates Valérie Brison, Claudia Delbaere, Marc Pirlot, and Koen Dewettinck Chapter 9: Multicriteria Decision Planning with Anticipatory Networks to Ensuring the Sustanaibality of a Digital Knowledge Platform Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski Chapter 10: A Robust Approach for Course-of-Action Comparison and Selection in Operation Planning Process Ahmet Kandakoglu and Sarah Ben Amor Chapter 11: Analysis of Relation Between Human Development and Competitiveness Using Fuzzy ANP and DEA* Hakan Kılıç, Özgür Kabak Sarah Ben Amor holds an MSc and a PhD