Goal Programming: Methodology and Applications

Goal Programming Applications in Accounting 74 Goal Programming Applications in Agriculture 76 Goal Programming Applications in Economics 78 Goal Programming Applications in Engineering 79 Goal Programming Applications in Finance 80 Goal Programming Applications in Government 83 Goal Programming Applications in an International Context 88 Goal Programming Applications in Management 90 Goal Programming Applications in Marketing 97 Summary 98 CHAPTER 5. FUTURE TRENDS IN GOAL PROORAMMING 101 GP is Positioned for Growth 101 Shifting the Life Cycle of GP Research to Growth 103 Summary 107 Reference 108 APPENDIX A TEXTBOOKS, READINGS BOOKS AND MONOORAPHS ON GOAL PROORAMMING 109 APPENDIX B. JOURNAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS ON GOAL PROORAMMING 113 INDEX 213 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1. Summary Relationship of GP with MS/OR and MCDM Figure 1-2. Frequency Distribution for GP Journal Publications Figure 1-3. Life Cycle ofGP Research Figure 2-1. Set of GP Efficient Solutions Figure 5-1. Life Cycle of GP Research ix LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1. MS/OR Topics and Their Related GP Topics Table 1-2. MCDM Subareas and Their Related GP Topics Table 1-3. Frequency Listing ofGP Journal Publications and Book Titles Table 2-1. Solutions for a Dominated GP Problem Table 2-2. Conversion ofLP Constraints to Goal Constraints Table 2-3. GP Citations on Dominance, Inferiority and Inefficiency Table 2-4. GP Citations on Relative Weighting, Prioritization and Incommensurability Table 2-5. MS/OR Topics and Their Related GP Topics Table 3-1. Citations on WeightedlPreemptive GP Methodology Table 3-2. Citations on Pure/Mixed Integer GP Methodology Table 3-3.

1. Introduction to Goal Programming. - Descriptions of Goal Programming Models. - Relationship of GP to MS/OR. - Relationship of GP to MCDM. - The Life Cycle of GP Research. - Summary. - References. - 2. Goal Programming Model Formulation Strategies. - A Goal Programming Model Formulation Procedure. - Issues Related to Goal Programming Model Formulation. - Formulation Strategies and Tactics for Improving GP Modeling. - Summary. - References. - 3. Goal Programming Solution Methodology. - Primary Goal Programming Solution Methodologies. - Secondary Goal Programming Solution Methodologies. - Computer Software Supporting GP Solution Analysis. - Summary. - References. - 4. Goal Programming Applications. - Goal Programming Applications in Accounting. - Goal Programming Applications in Agriculture. - Goal Programming Applications in Economics. - Goal Programming Applications in Engineering. - Goal Programming Applications in Finance. - Goal Programming Applications in Government. - Goal Programming Applications in an International Context. - Goal Programming Applications in Management. - Goal Programming Applications in Marketing. - Summary. - 5. Future Trends in Goal Programming. - GP is Positioned for Growth. - Shifting the Life Cycle of GP Research to Growth. - Summary. - Reference.