Interactive goal programming

A procedure termed ‘Interactive goal programming’ which requires interaction with the decision maker to provide the most preferred solution from amongst several alternative solutions to multiple objective linear programming problem (MOLPP) when the decision maker (DM) is willing to achieve certain goals with respect to different objectives, is developed. This procedure is new, in the sense that it does not ask the decision maker to supply any prior information regarding the utility function (preference function) or relative importance (weights) of different objectives, rather it strives to locate a solution consistent with the decision maker’s greatest utility, from amongst the aspired conflicting goals of different objectives specified by the decision maker.