Program

First week Second week

Monday, May 26, 2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Friday, May 30, 2003
Saturday, May 31, 2003 Monday, June 2, 2003
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Friday, June 6, 2003

This two week program covers 68 hours of work divided as follows:

32 hours of taught courses devoted to fundamental aspects of Multicriteria decision aid. Each internationnaly known lecturer will speak 3 to 4 hours;
12 hours of conferences on specific subjects;
16 hours of active participation in a working group (case study + questions/answers), interactions with lecturers;
08 hours of attendee's presentations on the case study.

Note on the case study: a real life problem is submitted to the participants in order to apply the basic concepts.

Monday, May 26, 2003
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08:00 - 08:45 Welcoming Coffee break

08:45 - 09:45 School opening by Jean-Philippe Waaub

09:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Originality of MCDA, decision aid versus decision making"
Alexis Tsoukias

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Originality of MCDA, decision aid versus decision making" (continued)
Alexis Tsoukias

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "MCDA basic vocabulary"
Adel Guitouni

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 04:30 Conference: "MCDA basic vocabulary" (continued)
Adel Guitouni

05:30 - 08:00 "Wine and cheese" Reception

Tuesday, May 27, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Actors and problematiques"
Alexis Tsoukias

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Integrating MCDA and Geographic Information System (GIS): The ordered weighted averaging (OWA) approach"
Jacek Malczewski

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Introduction
Jacques Pictet

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actors and problematiques
Jacques Pictet

Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Definition of actions and points of view"
José Rui Figueira

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Choosing MCDA methods"
Adel Guitouni

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Construction of criteria, notion of importance"
José Rui Figueira

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 04:30 Conference: "Analysis of the AHP and utility theory"
Jonathan Barzilai

Thursday, May 29, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Theory of measurement. Construction of proper scales (including a software demonstration)"
Jonathan Barzilai

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Application of MCDA to water resources planning in South Africa"
Theo Stewart

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Preference modelling"
Alexis Tsoukias

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actions
Jacques Pictet

05:30 - 07:00 Supper by your own

07:00 - 09:00 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actions
Jacques Pictet

Friday, May 30, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Problem structuring for MCDA"
Theo Stewart

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Identification of the "best" sustainable development policy in forestry of Quebec by using the Stochastic Dominance rules"
Kazimierz Zaras

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Introduction to multi-attribute value and utility theories"
Theo Stewart

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Measurement scales
Jacques Pictet

Saturday, May 31, 2003
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All day Hiking at Mont Tremblant

Monday, June 2, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Introduction to outranking approaches"
Adel Guitouni

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Group decision using a MCDA model"
Jacques Pictet

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Introduction to outranking approaches" (continued)
Jean-Philippe Waaub

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Preferences
Jacques Pictet

05:30 - 07:00 Supper by your own

07:00 - 09:00 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Methods
Jacques Pictet

Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Group decision analysis and MCDA"
Marc Kilgour

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Multiple objectives in portfolio selection in finance"
Ralph Steuer

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Introduction to Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS)
Marc Kilgour

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Concertation
Jacques Pictet

Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Conference: "Introduction to multi-objective linear programming and interactive methods"
Ralph Steuer

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Conference: "Information and participation in land use planning: a community based experience"
Florent Joerin

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Introduction to multi-objective linear programming and interactive methods" (continued)
Ralph Steuer

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 04:30 Conference: "Analysis of salmon aquaculture conflicts using GMCR II"
Marc Kilgour

07:00 - 09:00 Closing dinner

Thursday, June 5, 2003
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12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 03:15 Attendees' presentations

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Attendees' presentations

Friday, June 6, 2003
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08:45 - 10:45 Attendees' presentations

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Attendees' presentations

12:00 - 01:15 Lunch at HEC Montréal

01:15 - 02:15 Attendees' presentations

02:15 - 03:15 Conference: "Multicriteria decision aid and new technologies of information and communciation"
Jean-Philippe Waaub

03:15 - 03:30 Coffee break

03:30 - 05:30 Conference: "E-negociations: agents, protocols and MCDM models"
Gregory Kersten

First week	Second week
Monday, May 26, 2003 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 Wednesday, May 28, 2003 Thursday, May 29, 2003 Friday, May 30, 2003 Saturday, May 31, 2003	Monday, June 2, 2003 Tuesday, June 3, 2003 Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Thursday, June 5, 2003 Friday, June 6, 2003

08:00 - 08:45	Welcoming Coffee break
08:45 - 09:45	School opening by Jean-Philippe Waaub
09:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Originality of MCDA, decision aid versus decision making" Alexis Tsoukias
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Originality of MCDA, decision aid versus decision making" (continued) Alexis Tsoukias
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "MCDA basic vocabulary" Adel Guitouni
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 04:30	Conference: "MCDA basic vocabulary" (continued) Adel Guitouni
05:30 - 08:00	"Wine and cheese" Reception

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Actors and problematiques" Alexis Tsoukias
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Integrating MCDA and Geographic Information System (GIS): The ordered weighted averaging (OWA) approach" Jacek Malczewski
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Introduction Jacques Pictet
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actors and problematiques Jacques Pictet

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Definition of actions and points of view" José Rui Figueira
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Choosing MCDA methods" Adel Guitouni
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Construction of criteria, notion of importance" José Rui Figueira
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 04:30	Conference: "Analysis of the AHP and utility theory" Jonathan Barzilai

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Theory of measurement. Construction of proper scales (including a software demonstration)" Jonathan Barzilai
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Application of MCDA to water resources planning in South Africa" Theo Stewart
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Preference modelling" Alexis Tsoukias
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actions Jacques Pictet
05:30 - 07:00	Supper by your own
07:00 - 09:00	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Actions Jacques Pictet

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Problem structuring for MCDA" Theo Stewart
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Identification of the "best" sustainable development policy in forestry of Quebec by using the Stochastic Dominance rules" Kazimierz Zaras
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Introduction to multi-attribute value and utility theories" Theo Stewart
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Measurement scales Jacques Pictet

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Introduction to outranking approaches" Adel Guitouni
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Group decision using a MCDA model" Jacques Pictet
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Introduction to outranking approaches" (continued) Jean-Philippe Waaub
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Preferences Jacques Pictet
05:30 - 07:00	Supper by your own
07:00 - 09:00	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Methods Jacques Pictet

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Group decision analysis and MCDA" Marc Kilgour
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Multiple objectives in portfolio selection in finance" Ralph Steuer
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Introduction to Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) Marc Kilgour
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Workshop: case study "Integrated management of the Orbe plain, Switzerland" - Concertation Jacques Pictet

08:45 - 10:45	Conference: "Introduction to multi-objective linear programming and interactive methods" Ralph Steuer
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: "Information and participation in land use planning: a community based experience" Florent Joerin
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Introduction to multi-objective linear programming and interactive methods" (continued) Ralph Steuer
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 04:30	Conference: "Analysis of salmon aquaculture conflicts using GMCR II" Marc Kilgour
07:00 - 09:00	Closing dinner

08:45 - 10:45	Attendees' presentations
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Attendees' presentations
12:00 - 01:15	Lunch at HEC Montréal
01:15 - 02:15	Attendees' presentations
02:15 - 03:15	Conference: "Multicriteria decision aid and new technologies of information and communciation" Jean-Philippe Waaub
03:15 - 03:30	Coffee break
03:30 - 05:30	Conference: "E-negociations: agents, protocols and MCDM models" Gregory Kersten