In most decision-making and design situations,
simultaneously satisfying multiple goals is a trial
and error process, and is often inefficient. This
trend occurs not only in science and engineering, but
also in any discipline involving different people
with different intentions, or a single decision-maker
with more than one target. Although modeling
interactive scenarios between people or groups has
long been a topic of the social sciences, the process
of systematically optimizing a collection of
functions is a relatively new focus within the field
of engineering. This process is...