MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING

“Our ability to analyze and resolve complex decision problems is one of the most important developments of the last half of the 20th century. But, like all such endeavors, advances were often based on earlier ideas from a multitude of fields, ideas that encouraged and gave impetus to new generations of researchers. All readers of Multiple Criteria Decision Making: From Early History to the 21st Century will find that the authors have woven the early and modern histories of MCDM into a scientific adventure story, one that helps us to understand better how advances in a field of research are the result of many, many seemingly unrelated activities.”

“Rarely do we get to understand the evolution of a scientific field told with such care and understanding. And a handy guide to the MCDM literature as well! I'll have all of my students read it!”

“I really enjoyed reading this book. It was written by three experts who have lived with MCDM and its history for a long time (two of them for over 40 years!). Now our community has a useful and valuable book that can be used by students and researchers to learn about MCDM and its history. I particularly like the photos which bring the history and its people to life.”

“This book brings to life — contributors, contributions, activities — the evolution, growth, and future directions of MCDM, a multidiscipline that embraces all facets of decision making. Kudos to three highly distinguished MCDM scholars who have written a classic, which should be essential reading and serve as a resource for scholars in all academic and professional disciplines.”

“Köksalan and his co-authors provide us with a better understanding of the history of an important area in OR to which many top researchers have contributed especially over the last twenty to thirty years … As one of the first such publications covering a specific subfield, this book has certainly set a very high standard.”