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When the author first started working in the field of Operations Research and in the specific subfields of linear and mathematical programming, defined subject areas like MCDM, MOLP, GP, MAUT, and so on, did not exist. Unlike those early days, we now have a multitude of multi-criteria research monographs, texts, journals, and college courses. We also have a wide base of real-world applications and an ever expanding theoretical and computational framework for all aspects of MCDM. How did we get where we are today? The answer must, of course, deal with the work of Abraham Charnes. We owe much to his pioneering approach to solving unsolvable problems. In this paper, we review some aspects of the uncharted early days and Charnes’ contributions, how the author became interested and involved in multi-criteria problems and research, and review some of the areas of multi-criteria research in which the author has been involved.
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Gass, S.I. (1997). On the Education of a Multi-Criteria Researcher: A Personal View. In: Caballero, R., Ruiz, F., Steuer, R. (eds) Advances in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 455. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46854-4_2
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