Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Decision and Decision Context -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 A fleeting look at some of the great civilizations -- 1.2.1 Method of investigation -- 1.2.2 The ancient Near-East -- 1.2.3 Ancient Egypt -- 1.2.4 India -- 1.2.5 China -- 1.2.6 Ancient Greece -- 1.2.7 The Arab-Muslim world -- 1.2.8 The Western world -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Decisions: The Process -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Why a decision process? -- 2.3 The notion of process -- 2.4 Decision-making: rationality or intuition -- 2.5 The classical theory of rationality -- 2.5.1 The search for a numerical value -- 2.5.2 Fundamentals -- 2.5.3 Operational research -- 2.5.4 Game theory -- 2.5.5 Taking account of uncertainty: towards procedural rationality -- 2.5.6 A return to the decision process -- 2.5.7 Summary and analysis -- 2.6 Procedural rationality theory -- 2.6.1 The search for a satisfactory solution -- 2.6.2 The basics -- 2.6.3 The school of Herbert Simon -- 2.6.4 Extensions to Simon's process -- 2.6.5 Procedural rationality and artificial intelligence -- 2.6.6 A return to the decision process -- 2.6.7 Summary and analysis -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Decision: The Multi-criteria Universe -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Comparing to be able to choose -- 3.2.1 Intuitive vision -- 3.2.2 In a single criterion universe -- 3.2.3 In a multi-criteria universe -- 3.3 The construction of MCDA -- 3.4 Vocabulary -- 3.4.1 Solutions -- 3.4.2 The criteria -- 3.4.3 Decision types -- 3.5 Ordering for comparison -- 3.5.1 Intuitive vision -- 3.5.2 The notion of preferences -- 3.5.3 Preferences and order relationships -- 3.6 The particular case of Pareto dominance -- 3.7 Summary -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Decision: Methods -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Outranking -- 4.2.1 Principles -- 4.2.2 Condorcet's method -- 4.2.3 The ELECTRE III method -- 4.3 Aggregation -- 4.3.1 Principles -- 4.3.2 The Borda count method -- 4.3.3 The AHP method -- 4.3.4 The MACBETH method -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.