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Almost everyone, on a daily bases, faces decision‐making problems. It would not be exaggerated to state that these decisions constitute the nature of mankind and of the society that humans form. When it comes to real‐world decision‐making problems, the decision‐makers often find judgment a challenging task. This is so because of the notion that the interest of the stakeholders can be only represented through the evaluation of a set of conflictive criteria. Whenever the decision‐makers face a set of feasible, discrete, alternatives, the problem at hand involves MADM. Numerous methods have been presented by been reported to ensure a sound and reliable decision‐making process. MADM is one of the main branches of operational research; it is an active field of study with multiple overlaps with many scientific disciplines, and has numerous practical applications. This chapter reviewed the principles of MADM. Furthermore, the best well‐known MADMs were herein classified and reviewed.