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