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Goal Programming via Multidimensional Scaling Applied to Senegalese Subsistence Farms
Author(s) -
Barnett Douglas,
Blake Brian,
McCarl Bruce A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240581
Subject(s) - subsistence agriculture , profit maximization , multidimensional scaling , maximization , scaling , function (biology) , profit (economics) , computer science , preference , survey data collection , goal programming , econometrics , operations research , economics , mathematical optimization , mathematics , statistics , microeconomics , geography , agriculture , machine learning , geometry , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology
Abstract A methodology is developed to estimate empirically the weights for a multiple‐goal objective function of Senegalese subsistence farmers. The methodology includes a farmer‐oriented goal preference survey and an application of a multidimensional scaling technique to the survey data. A comparison of model performance under the multiple‐goal objective function with a profit‐maximization objective function does not indicate that there are distinct advantages to using either function.