Providing a comprehensive overview of various methods and applications
in decision engineering, this book presents chapters written by a range
experts in the field. It presents conceptual aspects of decision support
applications in various areas including finance, vendor selection,
construction, process management, water management and energy,
agribusiness, production scheduling and control, and waste management.
In addition to this, a special focus is given to methods of
multi-criteria decision analysis.
Decision making in organizations is a recurrent theme and is essential
for business continuity. Managers from various fields including public,
private, industrial, trading or service sectors are required to make
decisions. Consequently managers need the support of these structured
methods in order to engage in effective decision making.
This book provides a valuable resource for graduate students, professors
and researchers of decision analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis
and group decision analysis. It is also intended for production
engineers, civil engineers and engineering consultants.