Interactive Multiobjective Optimization by the Sequential Proxy Optimization Technique (SPOT)

A new interactive, multiobjective, decision-making technique for obtaining the preferred solution of the decision maker from among a Pareto optimal solution set is called the sequential proxy optimization technique, SPOT. A time-sharing computer program for this interactive procedures implements man-machine interactive procedures. This paper summarizes the theoretical framework of SPOT and applies it to reliability design of a series-parallel system. The details of SPOT and the interaction processes to solve an illustrative example are in a separately available Supplement.