eprintid: 4546 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/45/46 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:06:12 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:19 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:06:12 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: Sun, M. creators_name: Stam, A. creators_name: Steuer, R.E. creators_id: 1602 title: Solving Multiple Objective Programming Problems Using Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Networks: The Interactive FFANN Procedure ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_cmp internal_subjects: iis_inn internal_subjects: iis_met divisions: prog_mda abstract: In this paper, we propose a new interactive procedure for solving multiple objective programming problems. Based upon feed-forward artificial neural networks (FFANNs), the method is called the Interactive FFANN Procedure. In the procedure, the decision maker articulates preference information over representative samples from the nondominated set either by assigning preference "values" to the sample solutions or by making pairwise comparisons in a fashion similar to that in the Analytic Hierarchy Process. With this information, a FFANN is trained to represent the decision maker's preference structure. Then, using the FFANN, an optimization problem is solved to search for improved solutions. An example is given to illustrate the Interactive FFANN Procedure. Also, the procedure is compared computationally with the Tchebycheff Method (Steuer and Choo 1983). From the computational results, the Interactive FFANN Procedure produces good results and is robust with regard to the neural network architecture. date: 1995-05 date_type: published publisher: WP-95-046 iiasapubid: WP-95-046 price: 10 creators_browse_id: 1588 full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper place_of_pub: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria pages: 32 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: Sun, M., Stam, A. , & Steuer, R.E. (1995). Solving Multiple Objective Programming Problems Using Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Networks: The Interactive FFANN Procedure. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-046 document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4546/1/WP-95-046.pdf