Abstract Structuring problems for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) has attracted
increasing attention over the past 20 years from both a conceptual and a practical …

Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

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The systems approach, or systems thinking, has been intimately connected with the
development of OR and management science initially through the work of founders such as …

Problem structuring methods (PSMs) are a class of qualitative operational research (OR)
modelling approaches that were first developed approximately 40 years ago. Different …

This book deals with the contribution of a systems approach to a range of disciplines from
philosophy and biology to social theory and management. It weaves together material from …

Discrete event simulation (DES) studies in healthcare are thought to benefit from
stakeholder participation during the study lifecycle. This paper reports on a multi …

In recent years there has been significant interest in multimethodology and the mixing of
OR/MS methods, including Discrete Event Simulation (DES) with System Dynamics (SD) …

Although mixing of OR methods is an area of increasing interest to the OR community, there
has been little discussion regarding generic lessons that can be learnt from mixing methods …

This chapter addresses two complementary themes in relation to problem structuring and
MCDA. The first and primary theme highlights the nature and importance of problem …