This book belongs to a collection of manuals devoted to different aspects of systems engineering.

The book is written at a practical level and aims to show how multicriteria analysis is a rational instrument for improving the understanding of the decision processes underlying a systems approach as well as to help decision makers in addressing the necessary comparisons among alternatives.

The titles of the book's chapters are:

1. Introduction

2. Multiobjective Optimization Methods

3. Satisficing Methods (Goal Programming)

4. Discrete MCDM Methods (ELECTRE and AHP)

5. Epilogue