Multiple Criteria Decision Making: From Early History to the 21st Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789814335584)

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 good time to take stock of developments. This book aims to present an informal, nontechnical history of MCDM, supplemented with many pictures. It covers the major developments in MCDM, from early history until now. It also covers fascinating discoveries by Nobel Laureates and other prominent scholars.The book begins with the early history of MCDM, which covers the roots of MCDM through the 1960s. It proceeds to give a decade-by-decade account of major developments in the field starting from the 1970s until now. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, academics, and professionals in the field of decision sciences.

Author: Murat Koksalan,Jyrki Wallenius,Stanley Zionts
ISBN-10: 9814335584
ISBN-13: 9789814335584
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2011
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 70