First EURO PhD School (EPS) Announced

Multicriteria Decision Making With Mathematical Programming
Madrid, February 17 - 28, 2014


The aim of the PhD School is to introduce students in multicriteria decision making with continuous methods, related to mathematical programming. Contents are as follows:
1.- Basic Concepts on Multicriteria Decision Making
2.- Multiobjective Programming: obtaining an efficient set
3.- Compromise Programming: choosing an efficient point
4.- Goal Programming: satisfying logic
5.- Multicriteria Interactive Methods
6.- Group Decision Making


The course is designed to be very practical, following each day 2 hours of theoretical classes where new concepts and methods are introduced, 3 hours (divided in 2 periods) of supervised training in a computing classroom, and 3 hours of personal work.
Students will work in pairs. A different problem will be assigned to each pair on Day 1. Students will work on the assigned problem throughout the course, leading to a final presentation on the last day. The list of problems will be of different sectors, especially focused on logistics and production (humanitarian logistics, power generation, location and routing problems...)

EURO PhD schools are training-oriented and addressed to PhD students.

LOCATION:
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MATEMÁTICAS, UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID. MADRID (SPAIN)
FEES: 200€
Living costs are subsidised by the EPS. This includes all accommodation, meals, and social activities. Full or partial grants will be considered under request. Travel costs should be covered by the participants, either themselves or through external funding. No insurance will cover the participants

APPLICATIONS:
To apply to the EPS, candidates from a EURO member society country, or studying in a EURO member society country, should submit the following information by email to Este enderezo de correo está a ser protexido dos robots de correo lixo. Precisa activar o JavaScript para velo.: curriculum vitae (including academic track record) a letter outlining motivation to attend a recommendation letter from the supervisor or coordinator of the PhD programme in which the student is enrolled

ECTS Credits: 3 (75 hours: classes 2h/day, supervised training 3h/day, personal work 2h/day)

Application Deadline: October 31st, 2013 Notification of acceptance: November 15th, 2013

http://www.mat.ucm.es/imeio/cursos/EPS_MCDM/