Pratyush Sen, Jian-Bo Yang

Multiple Criteria Decision Support in Engineering Design (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Multiple criteria decision making tools have been developing at an extremely rapid pace over the last few years. This work explores the nature of the pursuit, using the authors extensive experience in the field. With its clear, concise approach combining industrial examples and case studies, this book will be of interest to graduate students, practicing engineers, and project managers.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447130208
• Artikelnr.: 44000457

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 1.1 What is Multiple Criteria Decision Making.- 1.2 Relevance of MCDM to Engineering Design.- 1.3 Design Selection vs Design Synthesis.- 1.4 Outline of the Book.- 2. MCDM and The Nature of Decision Making in Design.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Pareto Optimality: What are the Options?.- 2.3 MCDM Methods and Some Key Terminology.- 2.4 Concluding Comments.- 3. Multiple Attribute Decision Making.- 3.1 Problem Formulations and Method Classification.- 3.2 Techniques for Weight Assignment.- 3.3 Typical MADM Methods and Applications.- 3.4 A Hierarchical Evaluation Process.- 3.5 Concluding Comments.- 4. Multiple Objective Decision Making.- 4.1 Multiobjective Optimisation and Method Classification.- 4.2 Techniques for Single-Objective Optimisation.- 4.3 Typical MODM Methods.- 4.4 Multiobjective Ship Design.- 4.5 Concluding Comments.- 5. Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Genetic Algorithms.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The Mechanics of the Simple Genetic Algorithm.- 5.3 Multiple Criteria Genetic Algorithms.- 5.4 The Multiple Criteria Genetic Algorithm (MCGA): A Summary.- 5.5 A Numerical Example.- 5.6 An MCGA Schedule for a Generalised Job Shop.- 5.7 Concluding Comments.- 6. An Integrated Multiple Criteria Decision Support System.- 6.1 System Structure and Method Selection.- 6.2 Data Base and Model Base.- 6.3 A User Interface and Interactive Decision Making.- 6.4 Application of IMC-DSS.- 6.5 Concluding Comments.- 7. Past, Present and the Future.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Case Studies.- 7.3 Concluding Comments.- References.- Topic Index.