An early history of multiple criteria decision making

Abstract

This historical note is based on a plenary talk ‘A History of Early Developments in Multiple Criteria Decision Making’, presented by Stanley Zionts at the 21st International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making held in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 2011. It draws heavily on our book, Multiple Criteria Decision Making: From Early History to the 21st Century, published by World Scientific, Singapore, 2011 (Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.) The note summarizes major early developments and contributors of multiple criteria decision making and closely related fields.