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Microcomputers are the products of the fastest growing segment of the fastest growing industry the world has ever known. Developing from the concept of the “personal” computer, the modern microcomputer has achieved great attention as an economical and effective means of processing management information. In this paper we report on the phenomenal proliferation of the microcomputer, the expanding capabilities of the microcomputer, likely developments in the future that hold exciting prospects for ever more complex management science applications, and specific experience with goal programming with the microcomputer. Several goal programming algorithms were tested by solving a number of problems of varying size, structure, and complexity. The results of the tests are summarized. We conclude by predicting the implications for multiple criteria decision making in the future.
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Lee, S.M., Snyder, C., Gen, M. (1983). The Microcomputer: Experience and Implications for the Future of Multiple Criteria Decision Making. In: Hansen, P. (eds) Essays and Surveys on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 209. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46473-7_23
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