Cooperative and Noncooperative Multi-Level Programming
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Cooperative and Noncooperative Multi-Level Programming: (48 Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series)


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To derive rational and convincible solutions to practical decision making problems in complex and hierarchical human organizations, the decision making problems are formulated as relevant mathematical programming problems which are solved by developing optimization techniques so as to exploit characteristics or structural features of the formulated problems. In particular, for resolving con?ict in decision making in hierarchical managerial or public organizations, the multi level formula tion of the mathematical programming problems has been often employed together with the solution concept of Stackelberg equilibrium. However,weconceivethatapairoftheconventionalformulationandthesolution concept is not always suf?cient to cope with a large variety of decision making situations in actual hierarchical organizations. The following issues should be taken into consideration in expression and formulation of decision making problems. Informulationofmathematicalprogrammingproblems,itistacitlysupposedthat decisions are made by a single person while game theory deals with economic be havior of multiple decision makers with fully rational judgment. Because two level mathematical programming problems are interpreted as static Stackelberg games, multi level mathematical programming is relevant to noncooperative game theory; in conventional multi level mathematical programming models employing the so lution concept of Stackelberg equilibrium, it is assumed that there is no communi cation among decision makers, or they do not make any binding agreement even if there exists such communication. However, for decision making problems in such as decentralized large ?rms with divisional independence, it is quite natural to sup pose that there exists communication and some cooperativerelationship among the decision makers.

Table of Contents:
Optimization Concepts and Computational Methods.- Noncooperative Decision Making in Hierarchical Organizations.- Cooperative Decision Making in Hierarchical Organizations.- Some applications.

About the Author :
Masatoshi Sakawa was born in Matsuyama, Japan on 11 August 1947. He received B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees in applied mathematics and physics at Kyoto University in 1970, 1972, and 1975, respectively. From 1975 he was with Kobe University where, since 1981, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. From 1987 to 1990 he was a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Iwate University. At present he is a Professor at Hiroshima University and is working with the Department of Artificial Complex Systems Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering. He was an Honorary Visiting Professor at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Computation Department, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from March to December 1991. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University from April 1991 to March 1992. His research and teaching activities are in the area of systems engineering, especially mathematical optimization, multiobjective decision making, fuzzy mathematical programming and game theory. In addition to over 300 articles in National and International Journals, he is an author and coauthor of 5 books in English and 14 books in Japanese, including the Springer titles Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Multiobjective Optimization; Fuzzy Sets and Interactive Multiobject Optimization; Large-Scale Interactive Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming: Decomposition Approaches; and, with Nishizaki, Fuzzy and Multiobjective Games for Conflict Resolution. Ichiro Nishizaki was born in Osaka, Japan, in January, 1959. He received B.E. and M.E. degrees in systems engineering at Kobe University in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and he received the D.E. degree from Hiroshima University in 1993. From 1984 to 1990, he worked for Nippon Steel Corporation. From 1990 to 1993, he was a Research Associateat the Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration and Informatics at Setsunan University. From 1997 to 2001, he was an Associate Professor at Hiroshima University, and was working with the Department of Artificial Complex Systems Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering. At present, he is a Professor in that department. His research and teaching activities are in the area of systems engineering, especially game theory, multiobjective decision making, and fuzzy mathematical programming. He is an author or coauthor of about eighty papers, one book in English (Springer: Fuzzy and Multiobjective Games for Conflict Resolution), and two books in Japanese.

Review :
From the reviews: “I am very glad to have reviewed this book and believe that it is a great addition to the linear programming and optimization community. Any researcher who has to deal with multi-level linear programming will find this book a valuable reference. It also can be a good collection for university libraries. Some elegant ideas inside the multi-level linear programming formulism, such as ambiguity of human judgments, uncertainty description of feature events in decision-making process, can open doors for future thorough and innovative research.” (C. Cai, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 62 (2), 2011) “The book presents an in-depth study of bilevel programs making use of models and methods in this class and will satisfy readers interested in this area of mathematical programming. The book also contains many good examples … . The target audience of the book is upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in the area of operations research and mathematical programming. The book will also be of interest to practitioners using bilevel modeling and decision-making and decision makers in hierarchical organizations.” (Margaret M. Wiecek, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 j)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781441906755
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 250
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1441906754
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: 48 Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series


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