International Society on
Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Introduction

Mission of the Society
Members
Executive Committee
Awards
Bylaws
Meetings of the Society
History of the Society

Mission of the Society

MCDM can be defined as the study of methods and procedures by which concerns about multiple conficting criteria can be formally incorporated into the management planning process.

The purposes of the Society are to develop, test, evaluate and apply methodologies for solving multiple criteria decision making problems, to foster interaction and research in the scientific field of multiple criteria decision making, and to cooperate with other organizations in the study of management from a quantitative perspective. These purposes are to be carried out by:

facilitating communications,
providing academic assistance with ideas, methods and contacts whenever and wherever needed,
sponsoring international conferences for the dissemination of results,
encouraging special purpose workshops and student exchanges,
publishing the electronic Newsletter, and
encouraging an environment of international colleagueship and friendship across the globe.

Members

About 1470 in 96 countries.

Any interested and professionally qualified person can apply for membership. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Society, please follow this link.

Executive Committee

Jyrki Wallenius, President of the Society Helsinki School of Economics President (at) mcdmsociety.org	Finland	2008-2011
Jim Corner University of Waikato	New Zealand	2008-2011
Kalyanmoy Deb IIT Kanpur	India	2008-2011
Jim Dyer The University of Texas at Austin	USA	2009-2013
Matthias Ehrgott The University of Auckland	New Zealand	2009-2013
José Rui Figueira Technical University of Lisbon	Portugal	2009-2013
Xavier Gandibleux University of Nantes	France	2008-2011
Martin Geiger, Newsletter Editor University of Hohenheim newsletter (at) mcdmsociety.org	Germany	2008-2011
Birsen Karpak, Vice-President of Finance Youngstown State University	USA	2008-2011
Pekka Korhonen, Chairman of the Awards Committee Helsinki School of Economics	Finland	2009-2011
Kaisa Miettinen, President-Elect, Future Meeting Ex-Officio University of Jyväskylä President-Elect (at) mcdmsociety.org	Finland	2008-2011
Gilberto Montibeller London School of Economics	UK	2008-2011
Roman Słowinski Poznan University of Technology	Poland	2009-2013
Yong Shi, Past Meeting Ex-Officio Chinese Academy of Sciences/University of Nebraska at Omaha	China/USA	2009-2011
Theodor J. Stewart, Immediate Past-President University of Cape Town	South-Africa	2008-2011
Shouyang Wang, Past Meeting Ex-Officio Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	2009-2011
Francisco Ruiz, Secretary University of Málaga Secretary (at) mcdmsociety.org	Spain	2009-2011

Awards

The Executive Committee of the Society decides which of the following Awards will be given: the MCDM Gold Medal; the Edgeworth-Pareto Award; and the Georg Cantor Award. All members of the Society are eligible to make nominations to the Awards Committee, in a manner the Committee shall specify. The Awards will be presented at International Conferences; Honorees are expected to give a lecture at the Conference at which they receive Awards.

The MCDM Gold Medal

This is the highest honor that the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making bestows upon a scholar who, over a distinguished career, has devoted much of his talent, time, and energy to advancing the field of MCDM, and who has markedly contributed to the theory, methodology, and practice of MCDM.

The MCDM Edgeworth-Pareto Award

As the highest distinction that the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making bestows upon a researcher who, over his career, has established a record of creativity to the extent that the field of MCDM would not exist in its current form without the far-reaching contributions from this distinguished scholar.

The Georg Cantor Award

As the highest form of recognition that the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making bestows upon a researcher who, over his distinguished career, has personified the spirit of independent inquiry and whose many innovative ideas and achievements are decidedly reflected in the theory, methodology, and current practices of MCDM.

MCDM Gold Medal Edgeworth-Pareto Award Georg Cantor Award
1992 Stanley Zionts Po-Lung Yu
Milan Zeleny Andrzej P. Wierzbicki
1994 Oleg I. Larichev Jyrki Wallenius Pekka Korhonen
1995 Bernard Roy Hirotaka Nakayama Yacov Y. Haimes
1997 Ralph E. Steuer Roman Słowinski -
1998 Ralph L. Keeney
Howard Raiffa Jared L. Cohon Tomas Gal
2000 Thomas Saaty Alexander Lotov Philippe Vincke
2002 Jaap Spronk - Masatoshi Sakawa
2004 William W. Cooper Raimo P. Hämäläinen Harold P. Benson
2006 Murat Köksalan James S. Dyer Carlos Romero

2008 Theodor J. Stewart Kalyanmoy Deb Valerie Belton

2009 Benedetto Matarazzo
Detlof von Winterfeldt Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng Yong Shi

Bylaws

The bylaws of the Society were accepted at the Business Meeting of the Society in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, June 11, 1998.

Meetings of the Society

Business Meetings are organized at International Conferences, every two years. The reports of the proceedings of the last six Business Meetings are available electronically.

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Last Reviewed: November 12, 2009

Francisco Ruiz (University of Málaga, Spain) Secretary (at) mcdmsociety.org

	MCDM Gold Medal	Edgeworth-Pareto Award	Georg Cantor Award
1992	Stanley Zionts	Po-Lung Yu Milan Zeleny	Andrzej P. Wierzbicki
1994	Oleg I. Larichev	Jyrki Wallenius	Pekka Korhonen
1995	Bernard Roy	Hirotaka Nakayama	Yacov Y. Haimes
1997	Ralph E. Steuer	Roman Słowinski	-
1998	Ralph L. Keeney Howard Raiffa	Jared L. Cohon	Tomas Gal
2000	Thomas Saaty	Alexander Lotov	Philippe Vincke
2002	Jaap Spronk	-	Masatoshi Sakawa
2004	William W. Cooper	Raimo P. Hämäläinen	Harold P. Benson
2006	Murat Köksalan	James S. Dyer	Carlos Romero
2008	Theodor J. Stewart	Kalyanmoy Deb	Valerie Belton
2009	Benedetto Matarazzo Detlof von Winterfeldt	Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng	Yong Shi