Bylaws

BYLAWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING   ARTICLE I NAME The name of the organization is the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (hereafter MCDM). It is henceforth referred to as the Society. ARTICLE II STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The purpose of the Society shall be to develop, test, evaluate, and apply methodology … Read more

New Members

Any interested and professionally qualified person can apply for membership. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Society, please click on the link below. Please take your mail address as username. We prefer registrations with your professional mail address. Please note: In case your mail address changes in the future, you cannot change … Read more

Conferences & Summer Schools

International Conferences on MCDM Summer Schools of the Society Events endorsed by the MCDM Society Traditions of the International Society on MCDM related to its conferences Guide for Organizers of MCDA/MCDM Summer Schools

Members by Country

As of January 2025, the International Society on MCDM has 2470 members from 105 countries. Top five memberships are from India, United States, Turkey, Brazil and Spain, accounting for 1029 of all members. There are five or fewer members from 52 countries. The color of each country on the map below varies in darkness depending … Read more

Amendments to the Bylaws

The following proposals were presented and approved as amendments to the bylaws: In Article III, Section 1 (about the Executive Committee), it is decided that the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is a member of the Executive Committee. “The Executive Committee consists of the President of the Society, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Vice-President … Read more

Whistler 2004

Business Meeting, Report of the Proceedings August 11, 2004, Whistler, Canada (The number of members of the Society attending the meeting was about 80.) For Report Elections related to President-Elect, Vice-President of Finance and four vacant positions in the Executive Committee Theo Stewart chaired the Elections Committee. There are two candidates as President-Elect (Carlos A. … Read more

Chania 2006

Business Meeting, Report of the Proceedings June 21, 2006, Chania, Greece Theo Stewart chaired the meeting. (The number of members of the Society attending the meeting was about 80.) For Report Elections related to four vacant positions in the Executive Committee Jyrki Wallenius chaired the Elections Committee. There are nine candidates (Ami Arbel, Fouad Ben … Read more

Auckland 2008

Business Meeting, Report of the Proceedings January 10, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand Theodor Stewart chaired the meeting. (The number of members of the Society attending the meeting was about 40.) To begin with, Prof. Theodor Stewart, the President of the Society, reminded that the Society has no membership fees and wished new members welcome. Those … Read more

Chengdu 2009

Business Meeting, Report of the Proceedings June 23, 2009, Chengdu, China Jyrki Wallenius chaired the meeting. (The number of members of the Society attending the meeting was about 90.) To begin with, Jyrki Wallenius, the President of the Society, informed about the new domain name for the Society webpage: www.mcdmsociety.org. He reminded that the Society … Read more