International Society on
Multiple Criteria Decision Making

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This is a collection of news related to the International Society on MCDM.

8th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
International Conference on Operations Research "Mastering Complexity"
OR52 Annual Conference
OIPE 2010 Conference
WCO 2010 Conference
EMO 2011 Conference
MCMD Society Directory
Changed Editorial Structure for the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Results of the Elections in 2009
Results of the Elections in 2008
Results of the Elections in 2006
Results of the Elections in 2004
Results of the Elections in 2002
Latest Business Meeting

The next conference of the International Society on MCDM will be organized in Jyväskylä, Finland on June 13-17, 2011.

8th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization

The 8th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization will be held in Aveiro (Portugal), on July 9-10, 2010, as a satellite meeting before the EURO XXIV conference in Lisbon. The workshop will be chaired by Prof. Domingos Cardoso. The deadline for abstracts submission is May 10th, 2010. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

International Conference on Operations Research "Mastering Complexity"

International Conference on Operations Research "Mastering Complexity" will be held in Munich (Germany), on September 1-3, 2010. The conference will be organized by the German Operations Research Society, and chaired by Profs. Stefan Pickl and Markus Siegle, from the University Bundeswehr Munich. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

OR52 Annual Conference

The OR52 Annual Conference will be held in London (United Kingdom), on September 7-9, 2010. The conference will be organized by the Royal Holloway University of London, and chaired by Prof. Roger Forder. A Multi-Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA) stream will be organized. The deadline for abstracts submission is March 26th, 2010. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

OIPE 2010 Conference

The 11th International Workshop on Optimization and Inverse Problems in Electromagnetism will be held in Sofia (Bulgaria), on September 14-18, 2010. The conference will be organized by the Technical University of Sofia, and chaired by Prof. Ivan Yatchev. The deadline for abstracts submission is March 31st, 2010. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

WCO 2010 Conference

3nd Workshop on Computational Optimization, WCO 2010, will be held in Wisla (Poland), on October 18-20, 2010, in the framework of IMCSIT 2010 - International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology. The conference will be organized by the Polish Information Processing Society, and chaired by Prof. Stefka Fidanova. The deadline for full papers submission is May 31st, 2010. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

EMO 2011 Conference

The Sixth International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2011, will be held in Ouro Preto (Brazil), on April 5-8, 2011. The conference will be organized by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and chaired by Profs. Ricardo H. C. Takahashi, Elizabeth F. Wanner, Kalyanmoy Deb and Salvatore Greco. In order to foster the interaction between the EMO community and the MCDM community, a special Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Track will be held as an integral part of the conference, chaired by prof. Salvatore Greco. The deadline for full papers submission is September 24th, 2010. For further details, go to the Conference Site.

MCDM Society Directory

The new directory of the Society is now active at http://mcdmsociety.org/members/. By loging in, you can update any personal data you wish. Please, take into account that having an up-to-date database can be crucial for a correct functioning of the Society. To log in, you need to use your email address as the username and your password. If you have forgotten your password, please use the "Forgot your password?" link to get one. If your email address has changed, please contact the secretary to have it updated.

If you are not yet a member of the Society, you can apply for membership (free of charge) in the directory site. To do so, just follow the "sign-up" link.

Please, also contact the secretary if you know of some person who, for some reason, has to be removed from the database. We appreciate your collaboration!

Last but not least we wish to remind you that Ralph E. Steuer, Craig Piercy and Rudolf Vetschera have been doing a lot of work with membership database management and we want to take this opportunity to thank them for their most valuable work and effort!

Changed Editorial Structure for the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

The Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis was launched by Wiley in 1992, and from the outset has aimed to be the repository of choice for papers covering all aspects of MCDA/MCDM. The editorial policy refers to providing an international forum for the presentation and discussion of all aspects of research, application and evaluation of multi-criteria decision analysis. The Journal publishes material from a variety of disciplines and all schools of thought. Papers addressing mathematical, theoretical, and behavioural aspects are welcome, as are case studies, applications and evaluation of techniques and methodologies.

Theodor Stewart has recently been appointed editor-in-chief, following on from Simon French and Valerie Belton. The new appointment is linked to a restructuring of the editorial processes of the journal. Nine topic areas within MCDA/MCDM/multiobjective optimization have been defined, and the following area editors have been appointed for each such area:

Valerie Belton -- Integrated methods and philosophy of MCDA
Kalyanmoy Deb -- Evolutionary multiobjective optimization
Jose Figueira -- Outranking
Salvatore Greco -- Rule-based methods and artificial intelligence
Masahiro Inuiguchi -- Fuzzy sets and models for MCDA
Gilberto Montibeller -- Value and utility models
Carlos Romero -- Multiobjective optimization and goal programming
Theodor Stewart -- Risk and Uncertainty in MCDA
Luis Vargas -- Analytic Hierarchy / Network Processes

The purpose of this restructuring is two-fold:

To more formally involve representatives of different MCDA/MCDM/multiobjective groups into the editorial process, and thereby to gain greater buy-in to the idea of JMCDA as the natural repository of papers in these fields;
To spread the editorial load more widely so as to achieve a more rapid turnaround in editorial decisions.

The editorial changes of the journal will also be reflected in an updated format, and an extension of the title to include a subtitle reflecting the perhaps slightly broadened focus, which will now read: Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Optimization, Learning and Decision Support.

The continued cooperation of the International Society of Multiple Criteria Decision Making is crucial for really making the journal properly represent the importance of our field within the broader OR/MS context.

For further details, visit the JMDA webpage.

Results of the Elections in 2009

In August 2009, the members of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making elected the following persons to the International Executive Committee for four-year terms 2009-2013:

383 members have voted in the elections.

Results of the Elections in 2008

In 2008, the members of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making elected Kaisa Miettinen (Finland) as the President-Elect and the following persons to the International Executive Committee for three-year terms 2008-2011:

Results of the Elections in 2006

In 2006, the members of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making elected the following persons to the International Executive Committee for four-year terms 2006-2010:

Results of the Elections in 2004

In 2004, the members of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making elected Jyrki Wallenius as the President-Elect and the following persons to the International Executive Committee for four-year terms 2004-2008:

Carlos A. Bana e Costa, Technical University of Lisbon & London School of Economics, Portugal, England
Jose R. M. Figueira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Hirotaka Nakayama, Konan University, Japan
Mark Ridgley, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Rudolf Vetschera, University of Vienna, Austria (term 2004-2006)

Results of the Elections in 2002

In 2002, the members of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making elected the following persons to the International Executive Committee for four-year terms 2002-2006:

Latest Business Meeting in Chengdu 2009

Business Meeting, June 23, 2009, Chengdu, China

Last Reviewed: June 28, 2010

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