Publisher's Synopsis
"This book describes multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) methods and provides stepwise guidelines in applying those methods. The authors describe the most important MADM methods, with an assessment of their performance in solving multiple problems encompassing several fields. This book contains 12 chapters, and an additional appendix on weight assignment methods. Chapter 1 provides an overview of decision-making and its fundamental concepts. Each of chapters 2 through 12 is devoted to a separate MADM method. In total, some 20 MADM methods are presented in the book. The chapters are arranged according to pedagogical purposes, so the audience can easily engage with the presented materials found in each chapter. The authors' intent is that each chapter can stand alone. To do this, they provide the audience with a brief description of the materials and methods required to cover every aspect and mathematical concepts pertinent to each pre
