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MINTIHMEIZCIINTIGRNAUNSOMBUIJLRNETOVCIOEWTPTSIILSTTVETHIEOGCCAAKFRNTUIINTSOACEENPTRLPIIELOOACFINTCSIDTAOEHTNOCEIVIOESPNVRIRAOOTLNBTOULHEEEMMAOKEFIFINFNGICFILEONRTIDASET DONGYEUPLEE OFATHDEISUOSNFEIRVTTEHARETSIIROTENYQDUOPOICRRFTEEOSMRFEELNNOOTTFRESIDDPAFHTOIORLINOTTSHHOPEEPAHRGYTDRIEAGADRLUEAEFTUEOLFFSICLHLOMOELNT UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA UNIVERSITYWTCORtflinS®® ACKNOWLEDGMENTS HaroldIwP.oulBdenlsoink.etoTehxeprgeusisdasnpceecioaflmtyhaandkvsistoor,myDra.dviHsaorro,ldDrP.. Benson,wasessentialtocompletionofthedissertation.It washispatienceandsupervisionthatkeptthisresearchand mycomImailtstoee:woulAdntlailkeMatjotheaxyp,resSselgcruaktiEtruednegutco,tChhearmleemsbeMrossso,f andChungyeeLee. Theyhavebeensourcesofcontinual gKuoiedhalnecrefoarndhiesnccoounrtaigneumaelnt.encoIuraaglesmoenwti.shtothankDr.G.J. IwishtothankMr.J.P.McClureforhisassistanceand Finally,Idedicatethisworktomyfamilyfortheir everlastingsupport CONTENTS X”hS,°aas,". HSi ofthe^niversLty^t^FloTid^in^Partial^FuitillmentIS?the MINTIHMEIZCIINTIGRNUASNOMBUJRILEONTCOWVITTIEPISTSLVTHTEEOIACGCNKAFRTUIASNITPECOETPLNRILEIOOICANCFTSAIDTTOEIHNOCOEVINEPSRVRITAOOTOLBNHLUEEEMMAOEKFFIIFNNIGCFILEONRTIDSAET By DONGYEUPLEE ta.cticWaellfyouannddtehfaftitohieen possibledifferencesintheefficiencyoftheSTEMmethodwhen usingthesolutionsobtainedfromtheBenson-Sayinheuristic tablemethod. CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Decisionmakingisaprocessbywhichanalternativeis selectedasbeing"preferred"fromamongasetof alternatives. Thedecisionprocessinvolvesamodel,ora logicalstructure,whichisasimplifiedrepresentationof reality.Thismodelorstructureenablesthedecisionmaker (DM)toimposesomesortofpreferenceuponthevariables icnovnoclevrendinginthethfeeasmiobdielli.tyofTahleterDnMatirveequcioruerssesinofformaacttiioonn andthemeanstoevaluatetheirrespectiveresults. The terminationoftheprocess,whichyieldsadecision,isthe selectionofaparticularalternative. oftentheselectionofanalternativeistheresultofa comparisionoftheworthoffeasiblealternatives. Inthis casethechoiceissimplytheselectionofthealternative withthegreatestworth.Itis,however,importanttonotice thatthecomparisionandresultingdecisionreflectthevalue structureoftheindividualdecisionmakeratthetimeofthe choice. Thisvaluestructurecanvaryfromindividualto individualandforthesameindividualfromtimetotime. Optimizationtheoryhasbeenintroducedtothedecision makingprocesswithregardtoboththedevelopmentand selectionofalternatives.Multicriteriaproblemshavebeen ofincreasinginteresttomanagementscientists,dueinpart totherealizationthatmanyproblems,particularlythoseof astrategicnature,andmoreparticularlythoseinthepublic sector,mustexplicitlyconsidermultiplecriteriaiftheyare toberesolvedwithtrulygooddecisions. Forexample,in privatebusiness,whileprofitmaximizationisstillavery importantobjective,today'sbusinessenvironmentrequires thatthebusinessmanagerseektheattainmentofother objectives,suchasgoodwill,energyconservation, environmentalprotection,improvedlaborrelations,observance ofsocialresponsibilities,andattentiontogovernment regulations,sometimeswithevenhigherpriortiesonthe noneconomicobjectives. Inthisdissertation,amultiplecriteriadecisionmaking modelisdevelopedinordertosearchforthebestcompromise solutiontothecitrusrootstockselectionprobleminFlorida. Webelievethatthemultiplecriteriadecisionmaking modeldevelopedinthisdissertationcouldhelpcitrusgrowers inFloridamakeasoundrootstockselectiondecision. Recently,someprogresshasbeenmadeinthetheoryand practiceofmultiplecriteriadecisionmaking. Anumberof differenttechniquesarepresentlyavailabletohelpdecision makershandlemultiplecriteriadecisionmakingproblemssuch . asthecitrusrootstockselectionprobleminFlorida. In practice,interactivemethodshaveproventobemosteffective ingenerating'good1compromisesolutionsformultiple criteriadecisionmakingproblems(Steuer,1986,p.4and p.361)Inthemultiplecriteriadecisionmakingproblem,minimum criterionvaluesovertheefficientset(definedinSection t1h.e2)carrieteorfionintvearleusetsionveorrdtehreteoffcihcaireanctterseitz.etheInrafnagcets,ofa numberofinteractivemethods(Benayoun,DeMontgolfier, TergnyandLaritchev,1971;BelensonandKapur,1973;Spronk andTelgen,1981;KokandLootsma,1985)utilizepayofftables (definedinSection3.1)toobtainestimatesoftheminimum criterionvaluesovertheefficientset. Isermannand Steuer(1987)pointedoutthattheseinteractivemethodscould benefitifbettermethodsthanthemethodusingpayofftables wereusedinordertofindorestimateminimumcriterion valuesovertheefficientset. Relativelyfewattempts (Dessouky,GhiassiandDavis,1986;IsermannandSteuer,1987) havebeenmadetofindorestimateminimumcriterionvalues overtheefficientset. Inadditiontotheseattempts, Philip(1972)andBenson(1984,1986,1991)haveconsidered theproblemoffindingminimumcriterionvaluesoverthe efficientsetasaspecialcaseoftheirproblem,whichis theproblemofoptimizingalinearfunctionovertheefficient . Inthisdissertation,theimprovementoftheefficiency ofoneoftheseinteractivemethodsintheprocessofsolving thecitrusrootstockselectionproblemwillbeinvestigatedby usingaheuristicmethodrecentlydevelopedbyBensonand Sayin(1991) Thegeneralformsofthemultiplecriteriadecision makingproblem(MCDH)andthemultipleobjectivelinear programingproblem(MOLP)areintroducedinSection1.1. In Section1.2,theproblemofoptimizingalinearfunctionover dtihsecuesfsfiiocnieonftcistertuswirlolotsbteocdkisucsuessiend.theciItnruSsecitnidounstr1y.3w,illa bepresented. ThiswillbefollowedinSection1.4byan outlineofthecontentofthisdissertation. Thenotation anddefinitionswhicharepresentedwillbeusedthroughout theremainderofthedissertation. 11AnDeocviseirovniewMakofingThePrMoubllteimpl(eMCDcMr1iteria Themostimportantreasonforincreasinginterestinthe MCDMproblemistherecognitionthatmostdecisionproblems areinherentlymultiobjective.Evenmanyproblemsaddressed byclassicalsingle-objectivemodelscaneasilybeviewedas multiobjectiveinnature. Examplesofsuchproblemsinclude projectmanagementproblems(Talbot1982),inventoryplanning problems(KendallandLee1980),schedulingproblems(Huckert etal.1980)andcapacityexpansionproblems(Evansetal.

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