Advances in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Progra Paperback - 1997

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This Volume contains 41 papers and comprises the refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming (MOPGP'96) that was held at the Hotel Melia Costa del Sol, Torremolinos (15 km from Malaga), Spain, May 16-18, 1996. The Conference was attended by 86 people from 22 countries and 63 papers were presented. The Conference was the Second in the series of MOPGP conferences devoted to optimization topics in multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), particularly mUltiple objective programming and goal programming. The First conference, MOPGP'94, organized by Mehrdad Tamiz, was held at the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, June 1-3, 1994. The proceedings volume for that conference was also published by Springer-Verlag. Its citation is: Mehrdad Tamiz (Ed.) (1996). "Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming: Theories and Applications," Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 432, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 359 pp. As of this writing, MOPGP'98, the Third conference in the series, is scheduled for the University of Laval, Quebec City, Canada, May 31-June 2, 1998. MOPGP'96 was organized by the Departamento de Economia Aplicada (Matematicas) of the University of Malaga, and chaired by Rafael Caballero. Other members of the Local Organizing Committee were Pablo Lara, University of C6rdoba, and Jose M. Cabello, Mercedes Gonzalez, Lourdes Rey and Francisco Ruiz, all also from the Departamento de Economia Aplicada (Matematicas), University of Malaga.