Essays in Decision Making: A Volume in Honour of Stanley Zionts

Content.- Quot homines, tot sententiae.- 1 Multiple Objective Linear Programming and Interactive Methods.- Convergence and Validation of Interactive Methods in MCDM: Simulation Studies.- Convergence of Interactive Procedures of Multiobjective Optimization and Decision Support.- A Hybrid Interactive Technique for the MCDM Problems.- A Comparison of Aspiration-Level Interactive Method (AIM) and Conjoint Analysis in Multipie Criteria Decision Making.- Reference Direction Approach to Multiple Objective Linear Programming: Historical Overview.- Implementing the Tchebycheff Method in a Spreadsheet.- 2 Preferences and Learning.- From Maximization to Optimization: MCDM and the Eight Models of Optimality.- A General Model of Preference Aggregation.- Issues In Supporting Intertemporal Choice.- Cancellation Conditions for Multiattribute Preferences on Finite Sets.- Measurement of Differences in Preferences Expressed by a Simple Additive Rule.- A Foundation of Principles for Expanding Habitual Domains.- Exploration of Multi-objective Problems in Artificial Intelligence.- 3 Applications.- Design Decomposition in Quality Function Deployment.- A Study of Evaluations of Mutual Fund Investment Strategies.- A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Portfolio Management.- MCDM and Sustainable Development: The Case of Water Resources Planning in India.- Role of BATNA and Pareto Optimality in Dyadic Multiple Issue Negotiations.- Multiple Criteria Scheduling on a Single Machine: A Review and a General Approach.- Multiobjective Covering and Routing Problems.- An Evaluation of Our National Policy to Manage Nuclear Waste from Power Plants.- Professor Stanley Zionts.- Fifteen Years of Work with a Guru: A Lifetime or Just the Beginning.- Curriculum Vitae and Publications of Stanley Zionts.