Allmendinger, Richard and Ehrgott, Matthias and Gandibleux, Xavier and Geiger, Martin Josef and Klamroth, Kathrin and Luque, Mariano (2016) Navigation in multiobjective optimization methods. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 24 (1-2). pp. 57-70. ISSN 1057-9214
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Abstract
Building on previous work of the authors, this paper formally defines and reviews the first approach, referred to as navigation, towards a common understanding of search and decision making strategies to identify the most preferred solution among the Pareto set for a multiobjective optimization problem. In navigation methods, the decision maker interactively learns about the problem, while the decision support system learns about the preferences of the decision maker. This work introduces a detailed view on navigation leading to the identification of integral components and features. A number of different existing navigation methods are reviewed and characterized. Finally, an overview of applications involving navigation is given, and promising future research directions are discussed.