Multi-criteria Decision-Making, Evolution, and Characteristics

This chapter deals with the commencement, history, and evolution of multi-criteria decision-making process. It gives the reader a bird’s-eye glance of the birth, development, and present-day status of this discipline, which is nowadays taught in most technical universities around the world. Its purpose is to make the reader aware of why it was conceived and developed and what can a practitioner expect from it. It mentions the main actors and their roles, as well as enumerates the factors or aspects that need to be considered.