%0 Book Section
%A Keeney, R.L.
%B Systems Theory in the Social Sciences
%C Switzerland
%D 1976
%F iiasa:14597
%I Birkhäuser Basel
%N 5
%P 534-550
%R 10.1007/978-3-0348-5495-5_28
%S Interdisciplinary Systems Research / Interdisziplinäre Systemforschung
%T Multiattribute Utility Analysis — a Brief Survey
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14597/
%X The role of multiattribute utility theory is first placed in the overall context of decision analysis. Then an approach that has proven useful in adapting the theory to be a practical tool is illustrated. Several cases where multiattribute utility has been used are briefly discussed. These include both operational and strategic problems involving, for example, siting of large-scale facilities (airports, power plants), medical treatment, the structuring of corporate objectives, environmental management, and personal investment strategy.