A decision support system for multi-objective programming problems

摘要

Many concrete problems may be cast in a multi-objective optimisation framework.The redundancy of existing methods for solving multi-objective programmingproblems susceptible to inconsistencies, coupled with the necessity for making in-herent assumptions before using a given method, make it hard for a nonspecialistto choose a method that ¯ts the situation at hand well. Moreover, using a methodblindly, as suggested by the hammer principle (when you only have a hammer,you want everything in your hand to be a nail) is an awkward approach at bestand a caricatural one at worst. This brings challenges to the design, development,implementation and deployment of a Decision Support System able to choose amethod that is appropriate for a given problem and to apply the chosen methodto solve the problem under consideration. The choice of method should be madeaccording to the structure of the problem and the decision maker's opinion. Theaim here is to embed a sample of methods representing the main multi-objectiveprogramming techniques and to help the decision maker find the most appropriatemethod for his problem.