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Decision problems often involve a multitude of objectives (or decision criteria) which are incommensurable and possibly conflicting with one another. At times, a decision-maker may not be able to express an explicit preference ordering for the various objectives. In fact, he may find it difficult to state the objectives, or to distinguish between objectives and constraints. For example, in designing a new car model, the resistance to impact may be viewed as an objective to be maximized, or as a constraint fixed by law.
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Weistroffer, H.R. (1987). A Flexible Model for Multi-Objective Optimization. In: Jahn, J., Krabs, W. (eds) Recent Advances and Historical Development of Vector Optimization. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 294. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46618-2_21
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