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Romero, Carlos was born on October 14, 1946 in Madrid. Son of Carlos Romero and Juana Lopez.
( Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications ...)
Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications to Economic Problems ties Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)/Multiple Objective Optimization (MO) and economics together. It describes how MCDM methods (goal programming) can be used in economics. The volume consists of two parts. Part One of the book introduces the MCDM approaches. This first part, comprising Chapters 1-5, is basically an overview of MCDM methods that can most likely be used to address a wide range of economic problems. Readers looking for an in-depth discussion of multi-criteria analysis can grasp and become acquainted with the initial MCDM tools, language and definitions. Part Two, which comprises Chapters 6-8, focuses on the theoretical core of the book. Thus in Chapter 6 an economic meaning is given to several key concepts on MCDM, such as ideal point, distance function, etc. It illustrates how Compromise Programming (CP) can support the standard premise of utility optimisation in economics as well as how it is capable of approximating the standard utility optimum when the decision-makers' preferences are incompletely specified. Chapter 7 deals entirely with production analysis. The main characteristic throughout the Chapter refers to a standard joint production scenario, analysed from the point of view of MCDM schemes. Chapter 8 focuses on the utility specification problem in the n-arguments space within a risk aversion context. A link between Arrows' risk aversion coefficient and CP utility permits this task. The book is intended for postgraduate students and researchers in economics with an OR/MS orientation or in OR/MS with an economic orientation. In short, it attempts to fruitfully link economics and MCDM.
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This book presents the Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) paradigm for modelling agricultural decision-making in three parts. The first part, comprising two chapters, is philosophical in nature and deals with the concepts that define the underlying structure of the MCDM paradigm. The second part is the largest part consisting of five chapters, each of which presents the logic of a specific MCDM technique, and demonstrates how it can be used to model a particular decision problem. In the final part, some selected applications of the MCDM techniques to agricultural problems are presented and thus reinforce the development of an understanding of the MCDM paradigm. The book has been designed for use at different levels: as a textbook for final year undergraduate and postgraduate courses in modelling for decision-making; as a manual for researchers and practising modellers; and, as general reference on the application of MCDM techniques. Readers with basic appreciation of algebra and linear programming can easily follow the contents of this book.
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(Despite the recognition given to the existence of multipl...)
Despite the recognition given to the existence of multiple objectives in agricultural decision making, very little seems to have been done by agricultural economists to develop and use methodologies that model the decision situations realistically. This is particularly intriguing when one notices the amount of effort that has been devoted to the development and use of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques in disciplines such as management science, water resources research and forest planning. There are virtually no (text) books available in agricultural economics which explain the nature and structure of MCDM techniques and demonstrate how they can be used to model decisions involving multiple objectives. There is a need for such a book and this book attempts to fill the gap. It is divided into three parts. The first, comprising two chapters, is philosophical in nature and deals with the rationale behind the use of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques in decision making, and the fundamental concepts that must be understood to grasp the nature of these methods. The second and largest part contains five chapters, each dealing with the logical structure of a specific MCDM technique, and how it is used to model a particular decision problem. Some applications to agricultural problems are presented in the last five chapters contained in the final part. The book is designed to be used both as a reference and a text. An understanding of the conceptual basis of most of the MCDM techniques presented here should not be beyond those with basic knowledge of linear algebra and linear programming.
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(Goal Programming (GP) is perhaps the oldest and most wide...)
Goal Programming (GP) is perhaps the oldest and most widely used approach within the Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) paradigm. GP combines the logic of optimisation in mathematical programming with the decision maker's desire to satisfy several goals. The primary purpose of this book is to identify the critical issues in GP and to demonstrate different procedures capable of avoiding or mitigating the inherent pitfalls associated with these issues. The outcome of a search of the literature shows many instances where GP models produced misleading or even erroneous results simply because of a careless formulation of the problem. Rather than being in itself a textbook, Critical Issues in Goal Programming is designed to complement existing textbooks. It will be useful to students and researchers with a basic knowledge of GP as well as to those interested in building GP models which analyse real decision problems.
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Romero, Carlos was born on October 14, 1946 in Madrid. Son of Carlos Romero and Juana Lopez.
Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Technology University, Madrid, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics, Technology University, Madrid, 1972. Diploma in operational research, University Complutense, Madrid, 1973.
Lecturer, Technology U., Madrid, 1970-1977; professor, Technology U., Madrid, since 1991; professor, U. Cordoba, Spain, 1977-1991; head Department, University Cordoba, Spain, 1979-1985; deputy dean, U. Cordoba, Spain, 1987-1990. Visiting professor Reading (United Kingdom) U., 1982-1983. Member Euro Gold Medal Jury, Jerusalem, 1995.
(Despite the recognition given to the existence of multipl...)
( Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications ...)
(Goal Programming (GP) is perhaps the oldest and most wide...)
(This book presents the Multiple Criteria Decision Making ...)
(This book presents the Multiple Criteria Decision Making ...)
Fellow Centro de Studi di Estimo di Economia Territoriale. Member International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, British Operational Research Society, British Association Agricultural Economists.
Married Maria Ines Minguez, March 17, 1978. 1 child, Carlos.