Multiple criteria decision making from early history to the 21st century /

• Main Author: Koksalan, M. Murat.
• Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
• Other Authors: Wallenius, Jyrki., Zionts, Stanley, 1937-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2011.
• Subjects: Multiple criteria decision making > History.; Decision making > Mathematical models.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is all about making choices in the presence of multiple conflicting criteria. MCDM has become one of the most important and fastest growing subfields of Operations Research/Management Science. As modern MCDM started to emerge about 50 years ago, it is now a g...

Table of Contents:

• ch. 1. The early history of MCDM
• ch. 2. MCDM developments in the 1970s
• ch. 3. MCDM developments in the 1980s
• ch. 4. MCDM developments in the 1990s and beyond
• ch. 5. MCDM conferences
• ch. 6. MCDM society traditions
• ch. 7. Awards and presidents
• ch. 8. Biographies of leading MCDM scholars
• ch. 9. Conclusion.