Multiple criteria decision analysis for industrial engineering : methodology and applications / Gerald William Evans

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: The operations research seriesPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016Description: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: 1498739857. | 9781498739856. | 9781498739825 | 1498739865. | 9781498739863. | 1498739830. | 9781498739832. | Erscheint auch als: 9781498739825 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 620.00684
LOC classification:
  • T57.E924 2016
Online resources: Summary: 1.4 Elements in a Decision Analysis Process1.5 Applications in Industrial Engineering; 1.5.1 Project Management and Control; 1.5.2 Quality Control: Acceptance Sampling and Process Control Charts; 1.5.3 Design and Operation of Supply Chains; 1.5.4 Workforce Scheduling; 1.6 Taxonomy and a Look Ahead; Material Review Questions; Exercises; 2: Problem Structuring; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Problems and Problem Structuring Methods: General Concepts; 2.3 Breakthrough Thinking; 2.4 Why-What's Stopping Technique; 2.5 Additional Methods for Problem StructuringSummary: 2.6 Generating Objectives and Attributes for a Decision Situation2.6.1 Terminology: Criteria, Values, Mission Statements, Vision Statements, Objectives, Goals, Constraints, and Attributes; 2.6.2 Formation of a Hierarchy/Network of Objectives and Associated Attributes; 2.7 Important Attributes for Specific Categories of Decision Situations; 2.7.1 Engineering Economics; 2.7.2 Location and Layout Design; 2.7.3 Quality Management; 2.7.4 Project Management; 2.7.5 Medical Decision Making and Health Care Management; Material Review Questions; ExercisesSummary: 3: Making Decisions under Conditions of Certainty with a Small Number of Alternatives3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Notation; 3.3 Concepts Requiring No Preference Information from the Decision Maker; 3.3.1 The Ideal, Superior, and Negative Ideal; 3.3.2 Nondominated (Efficient) Solutions and Outcomes, Dominance Graphs, and the Efficient Frontier; 3.4 Scales of Measurement and Preference Structures; 3.4.1 Scales of Measurement; 3.4.2 Preference Structures; 3.4.3 Types of Preference Information; 3.5 Lexicographic Ordering; 3.6 MAV Functions; 3.6.1 Definition and Basic ConceptsSummary: 3.6.2 Strategic Equivalence of MAV Functions3.6.3 Indifference Curves; 3.6.4 Marginal Rates of Substitution; 3.6.5 Independence Conditions and the Form of the MAV Function; 3.6.5.1 The Case of Two Attributes; 3.6.5.2 The Case of Three or More Attributes; 3.7 Assessment of an MAV Function; 3.7.1 Midvalue Splitting Technique for Determining the Individual Attribute Value Functions; 3.7.2 Determining the Scaling Constants (Weights) for the Individual Attribute Value Functions; 3.8 An Easier Approach to Assessment: The Simple Multiattribute Rating Technique; 3.8.1 Swing WeightsSummary: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Decision Making Is Important; 1.2 Characteristics of Decision Situations; 1.2.1 Decisions Are Made to Solve Problems or to Take Advantage of Opportunities; 1.2.2 A Good Decision May Not Always Result in a Good Outcome (and a Bad Decision May Not Always Result in a Bad Outcome); 1.2.3 Decisions Can Often Be Categorized as Being Strategic, Tactical, or Operational in Nature; 1.3 Steps in the Process of Decision MakingPPN: PPN: 1031995102Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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