INFORMS MCDM
BUSINESS
MEETING
NOVEMBER 7-10, 2010
Austin, TX
Agenda
 Introduction
 Financial statement
 Web site
 Election results
 Tentative INFORMS MCDM activities
Founding Officers
 Murat Köksalan
 Hannele Wallenius
 Esma S. Gel
Objectives of the Section
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Promoting multiple criteria in decision making.
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Promoting the development and application of Operations Research methods,
techniques and tools in the Multiple Criteria Decision Making area.
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Encouraging the exchange of information among researchers and users in the
areas of multiple criteria decision making, including such topics as analytical
hierarchy processes, decision analysis, goal programming, multiobjective
evolutionary algorithms, multiobjective mathematical programming, and
outranking methods.
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Encouraging interest by practitioners and students in the Multiple Criteria Decision
Making area.
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Promoting the maintenance of high professional standards in the application of
Management Sciences to the Multiple Criteria Decision Making area.
Election Results
 Officers:
President: Murat Köksalan
Vice President: Jyrki Wallenius
Secretary/Treasurer: Esma Gel
 Board members:
Name
Stan Zionts
Jim Dyer
Harold Benson
Hannele Wallenius
Mark Karwan
Larry Seiford
Term
3 years
2 years
1 year
Financial Statement
 No Income in 2010: INFORMS covered expenses
 From 2011 on: Memberships and donations
MCDM Web Site
 http://www.informs.org/Community/MCDM
 Please let us know about
 Upcoming events to include in the web site
 Ideas and information to improve the web page
Tentative INFORMS MCDM Activities
 Sponsoring a (big) MCDM cluster in INFORMS 2011
Charlotte, NC
 Collaborating with other INFORMS communities
 For later
 Special issues on MCDM
 Sponsoring an award
 …
Becoming a Member
 Membership is open to anyone interested in MCDM
and is complementary for the rest of 2010.
 To become a member, visit:
https://online.informs.org/informsssa/informsmempubssa
renew.choose?p_cust_id=1234 After filling the necessary
information you will be able to select membership type
(Community only member or INFORMS+Community
member).
 The dues for 2011 will be $5 for INFORMS members
and $7 for others.
Discussion Items
 Increasing membership
 Financial sponsorship to fund various activities
 …