Jyrki Wallenius

This book documents the history of two research papers, from the first drafts to the final polished published articles, including the reviewer comments and the author responses. The documentary provides unique insights into the publishing process, which at times is filled with uncertainties, not only for young researchers. The book discusses lessons learned and also provides an experienced editor's and reviewer's perspective. In the light of the high pressure on young faculty to publish successfully, this book offers itself as a guide to publishing efficiently and effectively in a highly competitive scientific environment.

Food Happy People -Menus for EntertainingThis cookbook is a comprehensive guide to entertaining. It is a collection of 36 complete menus - typically a starter, a main dish and a dessert - together with suggestions for wine pairings. While you can certainly mix and match dishes across menus, each menu has been carefully planned with consideration to progression and season.The authors, accomplished home cooks and devoted foodies, are best described by the Swedish word ‘matglad'. It translates to food happy and refers to someone who really enjoys food. If you are the type of person who will be enjoying a meal and already busy planning another one, this is the book for you!A love of menu planning, cooking and entertaining friends forms the foundation for this cookbook. The authors' food philosophy is based on seasonality and highquality, fresh ingredients. While they certainly appreciate a beautiful plate, their emphasis is always on flavor. Odd combinations and newfangled techniques have no place between the pages of this book.The book is structured around regions: Europe, America and Asia. French cuisine is featured prominently in the Europe section, but included also are recipes from other European cuisines, notably from Finland/Sweden, Italy and Spain. In the Americas section, the menus are from Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The Asia section reflects a particular fondness for Thai food.The dishes vary in the time and effort required to prepare them. While most recipes are relatively easy to implement, they do assume some basic knowledge of cooking. Unless otherwise noted, the recipes are designed to serve 6 people.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to decision-making in an MCDM framework. Designed as a tutorial, it presents the main concepts and methods to be applied, together with essential background information. This includes the concept of nondominance, Simon’s bounded rationality, Tversky and Kahneman’s prospect theory, and the concepts of behavioral vs. mathematical convergence and premature stopping put forward by Korhonen, Moskowitz and Wallenius. The book concludes with a non-technical review of many popular decision algorithms, including the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), VIMDA, and a number of classic interactive man-machine algorithms. In essence, the book is a “one-stop” source on everything you need to know about managerial decision-making in the multiple-criteria setting.

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is all about making choices in the presence of multiple conflicting criteria. MCDM has become one of the most important and fastest growing subfields of Operations Research/Management Science. As modern MCDM started to emerge about 50 years ago, it is now a good time to take stock of developments. This book aims to present an informal, nontechnical history of MCDM, supplemented with many pictures. It covers the major developments in MCDM, from early history until now. It also covers fascinating discoveries by Nobel Laureates and other prominent scholars.The book begins with the early history of MCDM, which covers the roots of MCDM through the 1960s. It proceeds to give a decade-by-decade account of major developments in the field starting from the 1970s until now. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, academics, and professionals in the field of decision sciences.