The utopia point of a multicriteria optimization problem is the vector that specifies for each criterion the most favorable feasible value. The Euclidean compromise solution in multicriteria optimization is a solution concept that assigns to a feasible set the alternative with minimal Euclidean distance to the utopia point. This paper provides several axiomatic characterizations of the Euclidea...

With improved neonatal resuscitation techniques a number of infants are now surviving only to develop vascular problems secondary to intravascular catheterisation, repeated venepuncture, or arterial blood sampling. Spontaneous thromboses are also more common in early life than in later childhood.' 2 Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of blocked vessels in adult patients are...