Extended VIKOR as a new method for solving Multiple Objective Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming problems

Majeed Heydari; Mohammad Kazem Sayadi; Kamran Shahanaghi

RAIRO - Operations Research (2010)

  • Volume: 44, Issue: 2, page 139-152
  • ISSN: 0399-0559

Abstract

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The VIKOR method was introduced as a Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) method to solve discrete decision-making problems with incommensurable and conflicting criteria. This method focuses on ranking and selecting from a set of alternatives based on the particular measure of “closeness” to the “ideal” solution. The multi-criteria measure for compromise ranking is developed from the l–p metric used as an aggregating function in a compromise programming method. In this paper, the VIKOR method is extended to solve Multi-Objective Large-Scale Non-Linear Programming (MOLSNLP) problems with block angular structure. In the proposed approach, the Y-dimensional objective space is reduced into a one-dimensional space by applying the Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition algorithm as well as extending the concepts of VIKOR method for decision-making in continues environment. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate and clarify the main results developed in this paper.

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Heydari, Majeed, Kazem Sayadi, Mohammad, and Shahanaghi, Kamran. "Extended VIKOR as a new method for solving Multiple Objective Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming problems." RAIRO - Operations Research 44.2 (2010): 139-152. <http://eudml.org/doc/250844>.

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author = {Heydari, Majeed, Kazem Sayadi, Mohammad, Shahanaghi, Kamran},
journal = {RAIRO - Operations Research},
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language = {eng},
month = {4},
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title = {Extended VIKOR as a new method for solving Multiple Objective Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming problems},
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