Decision-maker's preferences modelling within the goal-programming model: a new typology

Several classifications of the Multiple Objectives Programming (MOP) models have been proposed in the literature. In general, these classifications are based on the timing of introducing the decision-maker's (DM) preferences and the type of the required information about the parameters of the decision-making situation. The DM's preference information can take different forms such as: weights, priority levels, thresholds or trade-offs among the objectives. The Goal Programming (GP) is one of the well-known MOP models. The different GP formulations deal differently with the DM's preferences. The aim of this paper is to propose a new typology of the GP variants based on the way that the DM's preferences are considered. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.