Multi-objective programming is commonly used in the literature when conflicted objectives
arise in solving optimization problems. Over the past decades, classical optimization …

Optimization models related to designing and operating complex systems are mainly
focused on some efficiency metrics such as response time, queue length, throughput, and …

Decision makers in many areas, from industry to engineering and the social sector, face an
increasing need to consider multiple, conflicting objectives in their decision processes. In …

The performance of a supply chain should usually be measured by multiple criteria. We
address production, distribution and capacity planning of global supply chains considering …

Up to 2002, Hellenic Solid Waste Management (SWM) policy specified that each of the
country's 54 prefectural governments plan its own SWM system. After 2002, this authority …

Decision makers in managerial and public organizations often encounter de cision problems
under conflict or competition, because they select strategies independently or by mutual …

The portfolio selection problem is usually considered as a bicriteria optimization problem
where a reasonable trade-off between expected rate of return and risk is sought. In the …

The problem of aggregating multiple criteria to form overall objective functions is of
considerable importance in many disciplines. The most commonly used aggregation is …

In the past decade, increasing interest in equity issues resulted in new methodologies in the
area of operations research. This paper deals with the concept of equitably efficient …

In this expository paper, we review a variety of resource allocation problems in which it is
desirable to allocate limited resources equitably among competing activities. Applications for …