Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Multi-Criteria Decision Making.- 2 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods.- 3 Quantification of Qualitative Data for MCDM Problems.- 4 Deriving Relative Weights from Ratio Comparisons.- 5 Deriving Relative Weights from Difference Comparisons.- 6 A Decomposition Approach for Evaluating Relative Weights Derived from Comparisons.- 7 Reduction of Pairwise Comparisons Via a Duality Approach.- 8 A Sensitivity Analysis Approach for MCDM Methods.- 9 Evaluation of Methods for Processing a Decision Matrix and Some Cases of Ranking Abnormalities.- 10 A Computational Evaluation of the Original and the Revised AHP.- 11 More Cases of Ranking Abnormalities When Some MCDM Methods Are Used.- 12 Fuzzy Sets and Their Operations.- 13 Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making.- 14 Conclusions and Discussion for Future Research.- References.- Author Index.- About the Author.