Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Trade-Offs

Ralph L. Keeney; Howard Raiffa

ISBN 10: 0521441854 / ISBN 13: 9780521441858

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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First published in this edition, stated. Black cloth. Boards with some scuffing, moderate shelf wear. Rear board with some soiling, scuffing. Spine ends gently bumped. Binding firm. Contents clean, unmarked.

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• Titolo: Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Trade-Offs
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521441854
• ISBN 13: 9780521441858
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition Thus
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No DJ
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Riassunto

Many of the complex problems faced by decision makers involve multiple conflicting objectives. This book describes how a confused decision maker, who wishes to make a reasonable and responsible choice among alternatives, can systematically probe his true feelings in order to make those critically important, vexing trade-offs between incommensurable objectives. The theory is illustrated by many real concrete examples taken from a host of disciplinary settings. The standard approach in decision theory or decision analysis specifies a simplified single objective like monetary return to maximise. By generalising from the single objective case to the multiple objective case, this book considerably widens the range of applicability of decision analysis.

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This book describes how a confused decision maker, who wishes to make a reasonable and responsible choice among alternatives, can systematically probe their thoughts and feelings in order to make the critically important trade-offs between incommensurable objectives.