MCDM

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:

Members

About 1700 in 97 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

Kaisa Miettinen, President of the Society, Past Meeting Ex-Officio
University of Jyväskylä
President (at) mcdmsociety.org 		Finland 2011-2015
Kalyanmoy Deb
IIT Kanpur		India 2011-2015
Jim Dyer
The University of Texas at Austin		USA 2009-2013
Matthias Ehrgott
The University of Auckland		New Zealand 2009-2013
José Rui Figueira
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon		Portugal 2009-2013
Salvatore Greco
University of Catania		Italy 2011-2015
Birsen Karpak, Vice-President of Finance
Youngstown State University 		USA 2011-2015
Murat Köksalan, President-Elect
Middle East Technical University
President-elect (at) mcdmsociety.org 		Turkey 2011-2015
Pekka Korhonen, Chairman of the Awards Committee
Aalto University 		Finland 2009-2013
Carlos Romero
Technical University of Madrid		Spain 2011-2015
Johannes Siebert, Newsletter Editor
University of Bayreuth
newsletter (at) mcdmsociety.org 		Germany 2011-2015
Roman Słowinski
Poznan University of Technology		Poland 2009-2013
Jaap Spronk
Erasmus University of Rotterdam		Netherlands 2011-2015
Jyrki Wallenius, Immediate Past-President
Aalto University
Finland 2011-2015
Francisco Ruiz, Secretary, Next Meeting Ex-Officio
University of Málaga
Secretary (at) mcdmsociety.org 		Spain 2011-2013

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/her 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/her 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/her 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
2011 - Matthias Ehrgott Tetsuzo Tanino

The MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award

The executive committee of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making decided to introduce the MCDM Doctoral Dissertation Award, to the best dissertation related to MCDM, in 2011. After the first award was given in Jyväskylä (Finland), the executive committee decided to continue awarding it also in later conferences.

Year Awardee
2011 Özgür Özpeynirci

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:  February 10, 2012
Francisco Ruiz (University of Málaga, Spain) Secretary (at) mcdmsociety.org