Fuzzy Sets and Operations Research for Decision Support is a congratulatory volume of Key Selected Papers by Hans-Jurgen Zimmermann on the occasion of Professor Zimmermann's retirement. This edited-volume is designed as a natural continuation of the previous two dedicated volumes Operations Research (edited by B. Werners and R. Gabriel, Springer, 1994 to HansJiirgen Zimmermann for his 60th birthday) and Fuzzy Logic Foundations and Industrial Applications (edited by D. Ruan,Kluwer Academic, 1996 to Hans-Jurgen Zimmermann for 25 years of contribution to fuzzy logic theory and applications).The previous two volumes, captured the essence of Professor Zimmermann's enormous contributions to each of these areas,have proved to be great utility to anyone interested in Operations Research, Fuzzy Sets, and related applications.

Part Ⅰ:Basic and Historical Considerations(Foundations and History)

Cognitive Sciences, Decision Technology, and Fuzzy Sets

Latent Connectives in Human Decision Making

A Fresh Perspective on Uncertainty Modeling:Uncertainty vs. Uncertainty Modeling

Computational Intelligence and Nuclear Engineering

Some Views (observations) on Practicing Successful Operational Research

Part Ⅱ:Fuzzy Sets for Uncertainty Modeling(Methods and Tools)

Applications of Fuzzy Set Theory to Mathematical Programming

Fuzzy Reasoning for Solving Fuzzy Mathematical Programming Problems

Planning Models for Research and Development

Fuzzy Data Analysis -- Methods and Industrial Applications

Comparison of Fuzzy Reasoning Methods

Part Ⅲ:Fuzzy Sets for Operations Management(Applications)

Advanced Fuzzy Logic Control of a Model Car in Extreme Situations

Approximate Reasoning in Manufacturing

Media Selection and Other Applications of Fuzzy Linear Programming

Information Management for Concurrent Engineering