Interactive Multiple Goal Programming

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Introduction.
• 1.1. Motivation.
• 1.2. Scope of the Study.
• 1.3. Outline of the Contents.
• References.
• 2. Multiple Goals in Capital Budgeting and Financial Planning.
• 2.1. Introduction.
• 2.2. Constraints in Capital Budgeting and Financial Planning.
• 2.3. The Goal of Market Value Maximization.
• 2.4. Assumptions with Respect to the Decision Maker and the Organization.
• 2.5. The Firm’s Market Value as One of the Elements in a Dynamic Goal Complex.
• 3. A Survey of Multiple Criteria Decision Methods.
• 3.1. Terminology and Basic Concepts.
• 3.2. Decision Problems and Methods.
• 3.3. Some Characteristics of Decision Problems.
• 3.4. A General Overview of Available Methods.
• 3.5. An Overview of Multiple Objective Programming Methods.
• 3.6. Conclusion.
• 4. Goal Programming.
• 4.1. General Formulation.
• 4.2. The Objective Function.
• 4.3. Solution Procedures.
• 4.4. An Adapted Simplex Procedure.
• 4.5. Concluding Remarks.
• 5. Interactive Multiple Objective Programming Methods.
• 5.1. Features of an Interactive Approach.
• 5.2. Elements of Interactive Methods.
• 5.3. The Need of an Interactive Variant of Goal Programming.
• 5.4. Interactive Goal Programming Methods.
• 5.5. Conclusion.
• 6. Interactive Multiple Goal Programming.
• 6.1. Definitions and Assumptions.
• 6.2. Description of the Procedure.
• 6.3. IMGP in Linear Terms.
• 6.4. Existence, Feasibility, Uniqueness and Convergency.
• 6.5. Concluding Remarks.
• Appendix 6. a. Suitable Starting Solutions.
• 7. IMGP in Practice: Examples and Experiences.
• 7.1. Two Simple Examples.
• 7.2. Experiments with an Imaginary Decision Maker.
• 7.3. Some Empirical Results.
• 7.4. IMGP Applied to Discrete Decision Problems.
• 7.5. Conclusions.
• Appendix 7. a. Computer Program Used for theExperiments with an Imaginary Decision Maker.
• Appendix 7. b. An Operational Computer Program for IMGP.
• 8. Capital Budgeting and Financial Planning with Multiple Goals.
• 8.1. A Brief Survey of the Literature.
• 8.2. Large Numbers of Goal Variables.
• 8.3. Goal Variables Requiring Special Treatment.
• 8.4. Indivisibility of Projects.
• 8.5. Conclusion.
• 9. Using IMGP for a Financial Planning Model: An Illustration.
• 9.1. Introductory Remarks.
• 9.2. Description of the Model.
• 9.3. Selection of a Financial Plan (Continuous Case).
• 9.4. Selection of a Financial Plan (Discrete Case).
• 9.5. Conclusion.
• 10. Evaluation.
• 10.1. Implementation of IMGP.
• 10.2. Main Advantages of IMGP.
• 10.3. Some Disadvantages and Areas for Further Research.
• 10.4. Concluding Remarks.
• Author Index.