Cost IC0602 International Doctoral School
Algorithmic Decision Theory: MCDA and MOO
Final report
The Cost IC0602 International Doctoral School has taken place, as scheduled, from
September 17 to September 21, 2007. It has been hosted in the Centre “Les Masures”, in
Han-sur-Lesse, in the Southern part of Belgium.
Thirty selected doctoral students, coming from 12 different European and North American
countries, stayed in the Centre for one week. During their stay, M. Abdellaoui and M. Ehrgott
have delivered a series of lectures focused on two selected topics, namely:
 Rank-dependent utility: key preference conditions and elicitations, by M. Abdellaoui
(CNRS, Paris)
 Multi-objective optimization – Theory Algorithms, and Applications, by M. Ehrgott
(Univ. Auckland and CNRS, Nantes).
Twenty five participants, mainly doctoral students in early stages of their research, have
been given an opportunity to present their work and receive a feedback. Three additional
lectures have been delivered by senior researchers. All lectures, presentations and
discussions have been done in English. These activities filled 35 hours of a quite intensive
agenda, starting on Monday afternoon up to Friday noon (see detailed schedule and
programme in Appendix 1).
Announcement of the school and selection of the students. The call for participation was
issued in mid May 2007, by e-mail. Fifty applications were received. The budget allowed for
sponsoring the sojourn of 25 students, by offering them a discount of 100 € on the fees.
Students were selected on the basis of their research interests and background. Priority was
given to students coming from countries involved in the COST action and in early stages of
their research. Five more advanced students were accepted, without sponsoring; due to
time constraints they have not been allowed to present their work.
Evaluation. The main goals pursued were:
 Promote training and research in the field of multiple criteria decision analysis
(MCDA) and multi-objective optimization (MOO)
 Develop contacts and collaboration among researchers in this field.
At the end of the school, the participants have been asked to fill an evaluation form. Twenty
seven forms were returned. The evaluation addressed three major items: general evaluation,
courses and invited speakers, organization. The assessments are quite positive on most
aspects. One of the courses has been less appreciated. A break in the middle of the week
would have been welcome (excursion). All students agree or strongly agree that they would
be willing to attend similar schools during their doctoral studies.
Financial aspects
Not yet final but balanced. Total cost around 10500 Euros
Appendix 1
Schedule of the school (17-21 September 2007)
Monday, 17 September Tuesday, 18 September Wednesday, 19 September
Thurday, 20 September F
9h00-9h30
9h30-10h00
10h00-10h30
10h30-11h00
11h00-11h30
11h30-12h00
12h00-12h30
12h30-13h00
13h00-13h30
13h30-14h00
14h00-14h30
14h30-15h00
15h00-15h30
15h30-16h00
16h00-16h30
16h30-17h00
17h00-17h30
17h30-18h00
18h00-18h30
18h30-19h00
19h00-19h30
19h30-20h00
20h00-20h30
20h30-21h00
21h00-21h30
Mohammed Abdellaoui
(9h00-11h00) 2/4
Mohammed Abdellaoui
(9h00-11h00) 3/4
Mohammed Abdellaoui
(9h00-11h00) 4/4
Lunch
(13h00-14h30)
Break
Thibaut Lust
Brice Mayag
Wassila Ouerdane
Lunch
(13h00-14h30)
Break
Eda Ersek
Julien Jorge
Jay Simon
Lunch
(13h00-14h30)
Break
Willem Waegeman
Hélène Le Cadre
Géraldine Bous
Lunch
(13h00-14h30)
Mohammed Abdellaoui
(14h30-16h30) 1/4
Matthias Ehrgott (2/5)
(14h30-16h30)
Matthias Ehrgott (3/5)
(14h30-16h30)
Matthias Ehrgott (4/5)
(14h30-16h30)
Break
Matthias Ehrgott (1/5)
(17h00-19h00)
Break
Marcin Szelag
Juan Henao Piza
Klio Lakiotaki
Amélie Vrijdags
Dinner
(19h00-20h30)
Break
Aurélie Casier
Rasmus Nielsen
Emilia Tantar
Joel Uckelman
Dinner
(19h00-20h30)
Break
Michael Rademaker
Philippe Nemery
Nabila Remli
Arnaud Liefooghe
Dinner
(19h00-20h30)
Invited Presentation 1
Jean-Luc Marichal
Invited Presentation 2
Vincent Mousseau
Belgian Beers
Arrival at
Han sur Lesse
Dinner
(19h00-20h30)
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List of Participants
(Emails have been suppressed in order to reduce spam)
Students
Layla
Géraldine
Darius
Aurélie
Donatas
Céline
Eda
Rita
Johanna
Sophie
Juan Felipe
Isabel
Julien
Klio
Hélène
Arnaud
Joao Carlos
Thibault
Brice
Philippe
Rasmus
Wassila
Michael
Nabila
Jay
Marcin
Emilia
Joel
Amélie
Willem
Ashoor
Bous
Braziunas
Casier
Elvikis
Engelbeen
Ersek
Girao Silva
Gold
Hautphenne
Henao Piza
Joao
Jorge
Lakiotaki
Le Cadre
Liefooghe
Lourenco
Lust
Mayag
Nemery
Nielsen
Ouerdane
Rademaker
Remli
Simon
Szelag
Tantar
Uckelman
Vrijdags
Waegeman
University of Manchester
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
University of Toronto
Université Libre de Bruxelles
University of Kaiserslautern
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
University of Coimbra
Université Paris Dauphine
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Warwick Business School
IPL and IST Lisbon
Université de Nantes
Technical University of Crete
ENST Bretagne
Lille INRIA
Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
Thalès Group
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Center Network Planning Aalborg
Université Paris Dauphine
Universiteit Gent
Université Paris Dauphine
University California Irvine
Poznan University of Technology
INRIA Lille
University of Amsterdam
Universiteit Gent
Universiteit Gent
Lecturers
Mohammed
Abdellaoui
Mathias
Ehrgott
France
France and New
Zealand
Invited Speakers
Jean-Luc
Vincent
Thierry
Marichal
Mousseau
Marchant
Luxembourg
France
Belgium
Bouyssou
Pirlot
France
Belgium
Organizers
Denis
Marc
UK
Belgium
Canada
Belgium
Germany
Belgium
Belgium
Portugal
France
Belgium
UK
Portugal
France
Greece
France
France
Portugal
Belgium
France
Belgium
Denmark
France
Belgium
France
USA
Poland
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium
Lectures
Mohammed Abdellaoui (CNRS-GRID, Paris) : Rank-dependent utility: key preference
conditions and elicitations
Matthias Ehrgott (Univ. Auckland and CNRS-LINA, Nantes) : Multi-objective optimization –
Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Invited Presentations
Jean-Luc Marichal (U. Luxembourg)
Aggregation functions
Vincent Mousseau (U. Paris Dauphine) Preference elicitation for Multiple Criteria
Decision Aiding
Thierry Marchant (U. Ghent)
Decision making under complete uncertainty
Appendix 2 Evaluation form
General evaluation of the School
No
answer
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strongly
agree
I agree
I don't
know
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disagree
I
strongly
disagree
The School was helpful to me
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3
12
12
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2
1
12
12
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15
12
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1
2
3
11
7
3
1
9
7
7
3
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I think that the course taught by
Mohammed Abdellaoui was well
organized and easy to follow
3
11
4
7
2
/
I was interested by the course taught by
Matthias Ehrgott
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3
2
13
9
/
I think that the course taught by
Matthias Ehrgott was well organized
and easy to follow
/
1
2
8
16
/
I was interested by the presentation of
Jean-Luc Marichal
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4
9
12
2
I was interested by the presentation of
Vincent Mousseau
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1
7
9
10
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I was interested by the presentation of
Thierry Marchant
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15
12
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1
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3
1
17
12
14
10
13
11
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The School allowed me to develop
useful and friendly contacts with other
researchers in my area
I would be willing to attend similar
schools during my doctoral studies
I have obtained useful feedback on the
presentation of my work
Courses and invited speakers
I was interested by the course taught by
Mohammed Abdellaoui
Organization
The organisation was satisfactory
The fees for the School were affordable
The venue was pleasant