Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance,
Stockholm School of Economics

No 703: An axiomatization of the Euclidean compromise solution

Mark Voorneveld (), Anne van den Nouweland and Rich McLean
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Mark Voorneveld: Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden
Anne van den Nouweland: Department of Economics, University of Oregon
Rich McLean: Department of Economics, Rutgers University

Abstract: The utopia point of a multicriteria optimization problem is the vector that specifies for each criterion the most favourable among the feasible values. The Euclidean compromise solution in multicriteria optimization is a solution concept that assigns to a feasible set the alternative with minimal Euclidean distance to the utopia point. The purpose of this paper is to provide a characterization of the Euclidean compromise solution. Consistency plays a crucial role in our approach.

Keywords: Consistency; Euclidean compromise solution; Multicriteria optimization

JEL-codes: C60; C61

27 pages, October 13, 2008

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