FuzzySetsandOperationsResearchforDecisionSupportisacongratulatoryvolumeofKeySelectedPapersbyHans-JurgenZimmermannontheoccasionofProfessorZimmermannsretirement.Thisedited-volumeisdesignedasanaturalcontinuationoftheprevioustwodedicatedvolumesOperationsResearch（editedbyB.WernersandR.Gabriel，Springer，1994toHansJiirgenZimmermannforhis60thbirthday）andFuzzyLogicFoundationsandIndustrialApplications（editedbyD.Ruan，KluwerAcademic，1996toHans-JurgenZimmermannfor25yearsofcontributiontofuzzylogictheoryandapplications）.Theprevioustwovolumes，capturedtheessenceofProfessorZimmermannsenormouscontributionstoeachoftheseareas，haveprovedtobegreatutilitytoanyoneinterestedinOperationsResearch，FuzzySets，andrelatedapplications.

PartⅠ：BasicandHistoricalConsiderations（FoundationsandHistory）
CognitiveSciences，DecisionTechnology，andFuzzySets
LatentConnectivesinHumanDecisionMaking
AFreshPerspectiveonUncertaintyModeling：Uncertaintyvs.UncertaintyModeling
ComputationalIntelligenceandNuclearEngineering
SomeViews（observations）onPracticingSuccessfulOperationalResearch
PartⅡ：FuzzySetsforUncertaintyModeling（MethodsandTools）
ApplicationsofFuzzySetTheorytoMathematicalProgramming
FuzzyReasoningforSolvingFuzzyMathematicalProgrammingProblems
PlanningModelsforResearchandDevelopment
FuzzyDataAnalysis——MethodsandIndustrialApplications
ComparisonofFuzzyReasoningMethods
PartⅢ：FuzzySetsforOperationsManagement（Applications）
AdvancedFuzzyLogicControlofaModelCarinExtremeSituations
ApproximateReasoninginManufacturing
MediaSelectionandOtherApplicationsofFuzzyLinearProgramming
InformationManagementforConcurrentEngineering