Estimating utility functions of Greek dairy sheep farmers: A multicriteria mathematical programming approachengURIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10795/2777κτηνοτροφίαπροβατοειδήMathematical programming models are commonly used to approach decision making in livestock farms. The majority of these models assume gross margin maximisation as the sole objective of farmers. In this study an alternative multicriteria model is built to test the hypothesis of the multiplicity of the objectives of Greek sheep farmers. A farm typology is constructed to account for diversified farm structures and a non-interactive methodology is used to elicit the utility function of farmers. The results of the analysis indicate that the multicriteria model allows for a better representation of the farms, compared to the gross margin maximisation model.10 pp.creatorProject Final BeneficiaryProject Executing Organisation2012TextSheep farmingMulticriteria analysisMixed integer programmingUtilityFunctionWeightshttps://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84866242107&origin=inward&txGid=0159432application/pdfhttp://repository.edulll.gr/edulll/bitstream/10795/2777/2/2777_Rozakis%20et.al_.%20%282012%29%20Estimating%20Utility%20functions.pdfΠεριοδικό: Agricultural Economics ReviewURIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10795/2777creator2016-04-20T11:01:50Zvalidator2016-04-20T11:01:50ZLOMv1.0grenonoCopyright EYD-EPEDBM (Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning")