Generating well-behaved utility functions for compromise programming. (English) Zbl 0866.90105
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to seek utility functions satisfying a weak condition which guarantees that the utility optimum always belongs to the compromise set. This set is a special subset of the attainable or feasible set, which is generated through the application of the well-known operational research approach called compromise programming. It is shown that there are large families of utility functions satisfying this condition, thus reinforcing the value of compromise programming as a good surrogate of the traditional utility optimum.
MSC:
| 90C29 | Multi-objective and goal programming |
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