Carlos Romero (Madrid, 1946) is a Spanish academic who specializes in the field of economic optimization chiefly by using multi-criteria programming methods, concretely goal programming methods. In 2006, the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making awarded him the Georg Cantor Medal.[1]
Career edit
Romero was born in Madrid. He has a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences, an MS in agricultural engineering and a PhD in agricultural economics, all of them from the Technical University of Madrid, and an MS in statistics and operational research bestowed by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is currently a professor of economics at the Technical University of Madrid. He was formerly professor of agricultural economics at University of Córdoba (Spain). He has been visiting professor at several universities like: Reading, Portsmouth, Wageningen, Humboldt, etc. He has given short courses and seminars in around 40 universities and research centres in more than 30 countries.
Romero is author, co-author or co-editor of 21 books and around 220 papers (around 100 of them appearing in the ISI data basis) with an optimization orientation and an interdisciplinary perspective that combines engineering, economics and applied mathematics. The research impact of his work implies an h-index of 30 (ISI data basis) [2] and an h-index of 47 (Google Scholar).
His book Handbook of Critical Issues in Goal Programming (Pergamon Press, 1991) and his paper "Goal Programming for Decision Making" (with Mehrdad Tamiz and Dylan Jones, European Journal of Operational Research, 1998), have had and still have a strong influence in the optimization field. His monograph Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decisions (with T. Rehman, Elsevier 1989, 2003) is a work of reference for optimizing the use of the natural resources.
Awards and distinctions edit
- Research Award (Technical University of Madrid, 1994).
- Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award (Ministry of Environment 2001).[3]
- Distinguished Services Award (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 2003)
- Member of the "Euro Gold Medal" (Jerusalem, Israel, 1995).
- Georg Cantor Award bestowed by the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (Crete, Greece, June 2006).
- Selected Fellow of the Operational Research Society (2002- ).
- Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (2002-2006) [4] and (2011-2015).
- Honorary Forest Engineer (Ingeniero de Montes de Honor, 2016)
- The Spaniard most cited in the area of "Operations Research & Management Science"(Thomson Reuters (ISI) and FECYT).
- Positive assessment of seven periods of research activity (1972-2013) by the Spanish National Committee of Research Assessment
Current editorial positions edit
- Forest Science (Associate Editor).[5]
- Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (Area Editor).[6]
- Operational Research: An International Journal (Editorial Board).[7][8]
- International Transactions in Operational Research (Guest Editor).[9]
- Journal of the Operational Research Society (Guest Editor)
Books edit
A sample of Romero´s books include:
- Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decisions (with Tahir Rehman). Elsevier.
- Handbook of Critical Issues in Goal Programming. Pergamon Press.
- Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications to Economic Problems( with Enrique Ballestero). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources (with Andrés Weintraub, Trond Bjorndal and Rafael Epstein). Springer.
- Designing Public Policies-An Approach based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium Modeling (with Francisco J André and M. Alejandro Cardenete). Springer.
References edit
- ^ "International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, E-News" (PDF). Mcdmsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Carlos Romero J-4360-2013". ResearcherID.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Orden de 30 de mayo de 2001 por la que se conceden los Premios Nacionales de Medio Ambiente 2001". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (132): 19483. 2 June 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "International Society on MCDM" (PDF). Mcdmsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "FS Editorial Board". Eforester.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis - Editorial Board - Wiley Online Library". Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1360. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Operational Research - incl. option to publish open access (Editorial Board)". Springer.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ Caballero, Rafael; Romero, Carlos; Ruiz, Francisco (2016-08-31). "Multiple criteria decision making and economics: an introduction | SpringerLink". Annals of Operations Research. 245 (1–2): 1–5. doi:10.1007/s10479-016-2287-0. S2CID 26661727.
- ^ Clímaco, João; Romero, Carlos; Ruiz, Francisco (2016). "Special issue on "Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Current Challenges and Future Trends"". International Transactions in Operational Research. 23 (6): 1229–1230. doi:10.1111/itor.12334.