This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming: Theory & Appli­ cations (MOPGP'02) held in Nara, Japan on June 4-7, 2002.

I: Invited Papers.- Multiple Objective Combinatorial Optimization — A Tutorial.- Analysis of Trends in Distance Metric Optimisation Modelling for Operational Research and Soft Computing.- MOP/GP Approaches to Data Mining.- Computational Investigations Evidencing Multiple Objectives in Portfolio Optimization.- Behavioral Aspects of Decision Analysis with Application to Public Sectors.- Optimization Models for Planning Future Energy Systems in Urban Areas.- Multiple Objective Decision Making in Past, Present, and Future.- Dynamic Multiple Goals Optimization in Behavior Mechanism.- II: General Papers — Theory.- An Example-Based Learning Approach to Multi-Objective Programming.- Support Vector Machines using Multi Objective Programming.- On the Decomposition of DEA Inefficiency.- An Approach for Determining DEA Efficiency Bounds.- An Extended Approach of Multicriteria Optimization for MODM Problems.- The Method of Elastic Constraints for Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization and its Application in Airline Crew Scheduling.- Some Evaluations Based on DEA with Interval Data.- Possibility and Necessity Measures in Dominance-based Rough Set Approach.- Simplex Coding Genetic Algorithm for the Global Optimization of Nonlinear Functions.- On Minimax and Maximin Values in Multicriteria Games.- Backtrack Beam Search for Multiobjective Scheduling Problem.- Cones to Aid Decision Making in Multicriteria Programming.- Efficiency in Solution Generation Based on Extreme Ray Generation Method for Multiple Objective Linear Programming.- Robust Efficient Basis of Interval Multiple Criteria and Multiple Constraint Level Linear Programming.- An Interactive Satisficing Method through the Variance Minimization Model for Fuzzy Random Multiobjective Linear Programming Problems.- On SaddlePoints of Multiobjective Functions.- An Application of Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming to Fuzzy AHP.- On Affine Vector Variational Inequality.- Graphical Illustration of Pareto Optimal Solutions.- An Efficiency Evaluation Model for Company System Organization.- Stackelberg Solutions to Two-Level Linear Programming Problems with Random Variable Coefficients.- On Inherited Properties for Vector-Valued Multifunctions.- Multicriteria Expansion of a Competence Set Using Genetic Algorithm.- Comparing DEA and MCDM Method.- Linear Coordination Method for Multi-Objective Problems.- Experimental Analysis for Rational Decision Making by Aspiration Level AHP.- Choquet Integral Type DEA.- Interactive Procedures in Hierarchical Dynamic Goal Programming.- Solution Concepts for Coalitional Games in Constructing Networks.- Multi-Objective Facility Location Problems in Competitive Environments.- Solving Portfolio Problems Based on Meta-Controled Boltzmann Machine.- Tradeoff Directions and Dominance Sets.- A Soft Margin Algorithm Controlling Tolerance Directly.- An Analysis of Expected Utility Based on Fuzzy Interval Data.- On Analyzing the Stability of Discrete Descriptor Systems via Generalized Lyapunov Equations.- Solving DEA via Excel.- III: General Papers — Applications.- Planning and Scheduling Staff Duties by Goal Programming.- An Interactive Approach to Fuzzy-based Robust Design.- A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for solving a capacity Constrained Truckload Transportation with crashed customer.- A Multi-Objective Programming Approach for Evaluating Agri-Environmental Policy.- Improve the Shipping Performance of Build-to-ORder (BTO) Product in Semiconductor Wafer Manufacturing.- Competence Set Expansion for Obtaining Scheduling Plans in Intelligent Transportation Security Systems.-DEA for Evaluating the Current-period and Cross-period Efficiency of Taiwan’s Upgraded Technical Institutes.- Using DEA of REM and EAM for Efficiency Assessment of Technology Institutes Upgraded from Junior Colleges: The Case in Taiwan.- The Comprehensive Financial Risk Management in a Bank — Stochastic Goal Programming Optimization.- The Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard Framework for E-Commerce.- A Study of Variance of Locational Price in a Deregulated Generation Market.- Pseudo-Criterion Approaches to Evaluating Alternatives in Mangrove Forests Management.- Energy-Environment-Cost Tradeoffs in Planning Energy Systems for an Urban Area.- DEA Approach to the Allocation of Various TV Commercials to Dayparts.- Analyzing Alternative Strategies of Semiconductor Final Testing.- A Discrete-Time European Options Model under Uncertainty in Financial Engineering.- Multipurpose Decision-Making in House Plan by Using AHP.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Multi-Objective Programming and Goal programming held in Nara Japan 2002. The book is dedicated to multi-objective methods in decision making. One half of the book is devoted to theoretical aspects, covering a broad range of multi-objective methods such as multiple linear programming, fuzzy goal programming, data envelopment analysis, game theory, and dynamic programming. Readers interested in practical applications, will find in the remaining parts a variety of approaches applied in numerous fields including production planning, logistics, marketing, and finance.