Interactive meta-goal programming

The concept of meta-goal programming is developed and linked to an interactive framework. An algorithm is proposed, in which the decision maker can establish target values on several achievement functions and use an interactive procedure to update these values. This substantially alleviates the problems associated with assigning to each attribute a target value, in order to build the goals, as well as the selection of a suitable achievement function. The functioning of the proposed interactive approach is illustrated with the help of an example taken from the farm management literature. 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.