GOAL PROGRAMMING VIA MULTIDIMENSIONAL-SCALING APPLIED TO SENEGALESE SUBSISTENCE FARMS

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. 1982 American Agricultural Economics Association.

authors

• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• BARNETT, D., BLAKE, B., & MCCARL, B. A.

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• BARNETT, D||BLAKE, B||MCCARL, BA

publication date

• November 1982

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Agricultural Economics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1240581

start page

• 720

end page

• 727

volume

• 64

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.2307%2F1240581