Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in Regional Planning: Concepts, Methods and Applications

by Fumiko Seo and Masatoshi Sakawa

Book Overview

This book is devoted to presenting theoretical fundamentals for the methods of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) in the social sciences with particular intent to their applicability to real-world decision making. The main characteristics of the complex problems facing humans in the world today are multidimensional and have multiple objecti ves; they are large-scale, and have nonconimensura te and conflicting objectives, such as economic, environmental,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940108291X
• ISBN13: 9789401082914
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"