In this chapter we discuss the use of MCDA for supporting strategic decision making, particularly within strategy workshops. The chapter begins by exploring the nature of strategic decisions and the characteristics of the strategic decision making process. Specifically, we examine the technical issues associated with the content of strategic decisions, and the social aspects that characterise t...

Multi-criteria decision analysis, sometimes called multi-criteria decision making, is a discipline aimed at supporting decision makers faced with making numerous and sometimes conflicting evaluations. Multi-criteria decision analysis aims at highlighting these conflicts and providing a compromised solution in a transparent process. This paper introduces the application of soft-dominance relatio...

lack of awareness of the critical factors involved in production of plants and sometimes, the cultivation of plants in areas unsusceptible to plant, can increase the amount of chemical fertilizer consumption in order to compensate the subsequent reduction of plant yield. this would increase environmental pollution. thus, identifying of suitable areas where could supply plants initial needs of t...