A multi-objective scatter search for a mixed-model assembly line sequencing problem
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Welfare economics applied to design engineering
EG-ICE'06 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture
Multicriteria optimization of paneled building envelopes using ant colony optimization
EG-ICE'06 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Knowledge-based schedule generation and evaluation
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Configuration of control system for damage tolerance of a tensegrity bridge
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Comparative study of multiple criteria decision making methods for building design
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal
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The paper concerns design governed by multiple objective criteria, which are conflicting in the sense of competing for common resources to achieve variously different performance objectives (financial, functional, environmental, esthetical, etc.). A multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) strategy is proposed that employs a tradeoff-analysis technique to identify compromise designs for which the competing criteria are mutually satisfied in a Pareto-optimal sense. The MCDM strategy is initially developed for the case of design governed by n=2 objective criteria. It is then extended to design governed by n2 objective criteria, by introducing the concept of primary and aggregate criteria. It is proved that, from among the theoretically infinite number of feasible designs forming the Pareto front for a design problem governed by n independent objective criteria, there exists a unique Pareto-compromise design that represents a mutually agreeable tradeoff between all n criteria. This remarkable result is illustrated for a flexural plate design governed by n=2 criteria, a bridge maintenance-intervention protocol design governed by n=3 criteria, and a media centre envelop design governed by n=11 criteria.