The essential multiobjectivity of linear programming

It is argued that any non-trivial real world problems involve multiple objectives. The simplistic approach of combining objectives in linear form can generate highly misleading and biased results, and is poor operational research practice. Such biases are illustrated by means of a simple example, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: TJ Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2007-06-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/43