Multi-Objective Optimization

In most decision-making and design situationssimultaneously satisfying multiple goals is a trialand error process and is often inefficient. Thistrend occurs not only in science and engineering butalso in any discipline involving different peoplewith different intentions or a single decision-makerwith more than one target. Although modelinginteractive scenarios between people or groups haslong been a topic of the social sciences the processof systematically optimizing a collection offunctions is a relatively new focus within the fieldof engineering. This process is calledmulti-objective optimization (MOO). This textpresents a comprehensive review of MOO methods withan eye towards engineering applications. Thisprovides not only in a lucid synopsis of theory butalso a thorough user's guide with ready-to-useformulas and mathematical details. The text can beused as a practical tool for engineering analysts andresearchers as well as for those working withoperations research and mathematical systems. It canalso serve as an advanced level graduate text takingstudents from basic concepts to mathematicalfundamentals through more advanced methods.