Abstract
Single criteria optimization methods often fail to capture the complexity of problems faced by decision makers (DMs) in today's rapidly changing business environment. The mathematical foundation for multi- criteria decision making (MCDM) was developed over a century ago [Pareto, 1896]. Given the growing constituency of PC literate DMs in the business community, it is astonishing that the existing tools for MCDM are still too difficult to be used by non- mathematicians. Characteristic of a typical MCDM problem is the absence of a unique global optimum. Rather, multiple solutions to the problem often exist that are superior to (dominate) the others in the solution space. These solutions are known as Pareto optimal solutions.
Recommended Citation
Bergey, Paul, "An Agent Enhanced Spreadsheet Solver for Multi-Criteria Decision Making" (1999). AMCIS 1999 Proceedings. 337.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis1999/337