Bernard Roy (; 15 March 1934 – 28 October 2017) was an emeritus professor at the

Université Paris-Dauphine Paris Dauphine University - PSL () is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields of study (law, econo ...

. In 1974 he founded the "Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation des Systèmes pour l'Aide à la Décision" ( Lamsade). He was President of

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from 1985 to 1986. In 1992 he was awarded the

EURO Gold Medal The EURO Gold medal of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) is the highest distinction within Operations Research (OR) in Europe. The prize was first awarded to Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann in 1985. The medal is awarded a ...

, the highest distinction within

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in Europe. In 2015 he received the EURO Distinguished Service Award. He worked on

graph theory In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of ''graph (discrete mathematics), graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of ''Vertex (graph ...

and on

multi-criteria decision analysis Multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) or multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a sub-discipline of operations research that explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in decision making (both in daily life and in settings ...

(MCDA), having created the ELECTRE family of methods. The name ELECTRE stands for "ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité".

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Biography of Bernard Roy
from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 1934 births 2017 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris French mathematicians {{France-mathematician-stub