This volume contains 41 papers and consists of the refereed proceedings the 2nd International Conference on Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming (MOPGP'96), Torremolios, Spain, May 16-18, 1996. After the lead paper, which was the Conference's keynote address by Saul I. Gass, "On the Education of a Multi-Criteria Researcher: A Personal View", the volume is divided into three parts with the authors of the papers in each part as indicated:

1. Goal Programming (eleven papers).

Mehrdad Tamiz, Dylan F. Jones; Hirotaka Nakayama, Naoko Kagaku; L. Mandow, E. Millian; M. Mar Arenas Parra, Esther Lafuente Robledo, M. Victoria Rodrigues Uria; Cezar Dominiak; A. Rodrigues-Ocana, Julio Berdel, P. Ruiz Aviles; J. A. Gomez-Limon, Pablo Lara, A. Rodrigues, F. F. Sanchez; Ewa Konarzewska-Gubala, Andrzej Zarajaczkowski; Frantisek Turnovec; Tadesz Trzaskalik; Belaid Aouni, Ossama Kettani, Jean-Marc Martel.

2. Multiple Ojective Theory (fifteen papers).

Adli Mustafa, Mark Goh; Matthias Ehrgott, Kathrin Klamroth; Matthew L. TenHuisen, Malgorzata M. Wieecek; F. Ben Abdelaziz, P. Lang, Raymond Nadeu; Jacinto Gonzalez-Pachon, M. Isabel Rodriguez-Galiano; Vasile Preda, I. M. StancuMinasian; A. Balbas, P. Jimenez Guerra; Vladimir Donskoy, Anna Perekhod; Vasile Postolica; Tamaki Tanaka; Alberto Cambini, Laura Martein, Ricardo Cambini; Rafaela Osuna-Gomez, A. Beato-Moreno, P. Luque-Calvo, A. Rufian-Lizana; Minda Salukvadze, A.E.Bardin; Francisco R. Fernandez, Amparo M. Marmol, Luisa Monroy, Justo Puerto; Larbani Moussa.

3. Implementation and Practice of Multiple Objective Programming (fourteen papers).

Rafael Caballero, Trinidad Gomez, Mercedes Gonzales, Lourdes Rey, Francisco Ruiz; Emilio Carrizosa, Eduardo Conde, A. Pascual, Delores Romero-Morales;Andrzej M. J. Skulimowski; Xavier Gandibleux, Nazik Mezdaoui, Arnaud Freville; Pablo Lara; David Soloveitchik; David Rios Insua, C. Bielza, J. Martin, K. Salewicz; Luis Diaaz-Balteiro, Carlos Romero; Emilio Carrizosa, Eduardo Conde, Delores Romero-Morales; M. Alminyana, F. Borras, Jesus T. Paastor; Enrique Ballestero; A. Beato-Moreno, P. Luque Calvp, Rafaela Osuna-Gomez, A. Rufian-Lizana; Alfonso Mateos, Sixto Rios-Insua; Chris Tofallis.