This book presents the main principles of preference disaggregation analysis and covers theoretical advances in preference modelling, group decision making, classification methods, robustness analysis, process mining, and decision support systems. In addition, it highlights several applications of the preference disaggregation analysis in a wide range of areas, such as customer satisfaction analysis, consumer behavior, energy and environmental policy, strategy development, and agricultural marketing. This book was published in honor of Yannis Siskos on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Piraeus, Greece. It offers a unique snapshot of the preference disaggregation philosophy in multiple criteria decision analysis and presents a range of research ideas, many of which were significantly influenced by Professor Siskos work.

Dr. Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis is full Professor of Information and Decision Support Systems in the School of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete, Greece. He is Director of Decision Support Systems Lab and President of the Hellenic Operational Research Society (HELORS). He is chief editor in two international scientific journals and member of the international advisory board of three scientific journals. Dr. Evangelos Grigoroudis is Professor on Management of Quality Processes in the School of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete, Greece. He is Vice-President of the Hellenic Operational Research Society (HELORS) and acts as reviewer for more than 70 scientific journals. He is associate editor of 7 scientific journals and member of the Editorial Board of 5 scientific journals.