A scientometric analysis of multicriteria decision-making research

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is an important decision-making technique for incorporation into Decision Support Systems (DSS). This paper uses bibliographic techniques to characterise the MCDM research field. This research identifies the historical origin of MCDM in both Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) and Computer Science. This research identifies the increasing importance of environmental and medical applications in addition to traditional engineering and business applications. It also examines the core literature and the extent to which newer papers are cited.