Sawaragi Y., Nakayama H., Tanino T. Theory of multiobjective optimization

Academic Press, Inc. 1985. — 311 p. — (Mathematics in Science and Engineering, V.176).This book presents in a comprehensive manner some salient theoretical aspects of optimization. System scientific methodology seems effective for treating such a multiplicity of values. Its main concern is how to trade off these values. One of the major approaches is multiobjective optimization. Another is multiattribute utility analysis. The importance of these research themes has been widely recognized in theory and practice.