Improving Decision Making in Organisations

I - Psychology.- Acquisitions, Mergers and Habitual Domains Analysis.- An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Computer-Programmed Decision Support.- Decision Rationality and Habitual Domain Analysis.- A Holistic Approach in Multicriteria Decision Aid.- A Comparison of Multi-Attribute Utility Generation Methods.- Interactive Optimization : An Optimal Scaling and Step Sizing Approach for the Method of Abstract Forces.- A Multidimensional Scaling Model for Qualitative Pair Wise Comparisons.- Modelling Inaccurate Determination, Uncertainty, Imprecision Using Multiple Criteria.- II - Organisation.- The Meeting Simulator for Stimulating Abduction.- The Use of Symbols in Multicriteria Decision Making.- Identification and Development of Alternatives: Introduction to the Recognition of Process Typologies.- On-Line Group Decision Support.- The Effect of Decision Maker Characteristics on Group Decision Making.- Gestalt System of Holistic Graphics: New Management Support View of MCDM.- III - Applications.- The Use of Multicriteria Techniques to Rank Highway Investment Proposals.- Linear Goal Programming in Estimation of Classification Probability.- Formal Tender Evaluation.- Ranking, Monitoring and Control of Research Projects in the Pharmaceutical Industry.- The Analysis of Liquid Milk Supply to Urban Agglomeration by Bicriterion Linear Transportation Model with the MPSX/370 Package.- Desirable Properties of Interactive Multi-Objective Programming Methods.- Multicriteria Issues in Marketing : A Sales Resource Allocation Example and Potential Areas of Future Research.- An Interactive Multi-Criteria Model for Audit Workload Planning.- NMIS : A National Model for Inspection Selection With Limited Resources.- Multiple Criteria Decision Support Systems on Microcomputers- An Application in Production Planning.- A Multiobjective Model for Locating Public Facilities on an Uncongested Transportation Network.- A Multicriterion Optimization Model for Industrial Promotion: The Case of Korea.- V.I.S.A. - VIM for MCDA.- A Hybrid Model of Strategic Planning.- On Health Care Districts Planning by Multiobjective Analysis with the MPSX/370 Package.- An Interactive Support System for Bond Trading.- IV - Methodology.- A Careful Look at Efficiency in Multiple Objective Linear Programming.- Alternative Scales in AHP.- Describing and Formalizing the Evaluation Process of Portuguese Navy Officers.- Inconsistent Linear Constraints and Objectives in MOLP Problems.- Multi Factorial Financial Planning.- The Use of Preference Information in Multiple Criteria Interactive Procedures.- Construction of a Multiattribute Risk Function and its Properties for Assessing Hazardous Events.- Nondaminated Tradeoffs and Termination in Interactive Multiple Objective Linear Programming.- Partial Information and Sensitivity Analysis in Multi-objective Decision Making.- Algorithms for Multi-objective Nonlinear Programming Problems: An Overview.- Dynamic Interactive Network Analysis System.- A Safe Choice Procedure in Interactive Programming.- Personal Computer-Aided Interactive Decision Making for Multiobjective Linear Programming Problems With Fuzzy Coefficients and its Applications.- Performance Characteristics of Three Interactive Solution Strategies for Bicriteria Integer Programming.- V - Related Areas.- Multiple Criteria Trajectory Decision Support Using Polyscreen Workstations: A Production Planning Illustration.- Multiobjective Decision Support for Simulated Gaming.- Research on Decision-Aiding: How To Be A DSS.- Expert Knowledge Acquisition System.- ProblemStructuring Tools for Pre-MCDM Stage.- Definite A Support System for Decisions on a Finite Set of Alternatives.- And/Or Graphs, Scenarios and Multiple Criteria: Prototyping in Decision Support.- A Framework for Building an Expert System for MCDM Models Selection.- An Expert System for Assigning Investment Quality Ratings Using the AHP.- Preparing an Intelligent Interface for the Use of Multicriteria Outranking Methods.- Abstracts.- Abstracts of papers presented at the conference but not included in the proceedings.- Appendices.- 1. Conference Participants.- 2. Organisation.- 3. List of Sponsors.