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Diverse Imprecise Goal Programming Model Formulations

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The goal programming (GP) model is probably the best known in mathematical programming with multiple objectives. Available in various versions, GP is one of the most powerful multiple objective methods which has been applied in much varied fields. It has also been the target of many criticisms among which are those related to the difficulty of determining precisely the goal values as well as those concerning the decision-maker's near absence in this modelling process. In this paper, we will use the concept of indifference thresholds for modelling the imprecision related to the goal values. Many classical imprecise and fuzzy GP model formulations can be considered as a particular case of the proposed formulation.

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Martel, JM., Aouni, B. Diverse Imprecise Goal Programming Model Formulations. Journal of Global Optimization 12, 127–138 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008206226608

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