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Overview

Ahti Salo is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland, where their research primarily focuses on engineering and decision sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably management science and operations research, electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, economics and econometrics, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

Their research delves into a range of topics, including risk and safety analysis, capital investment and risk analysis, electric power system optimization, smart grid energy management, efficiency analysis using data envelopment analysis (DEA), economic and environmental valuation, and multi-criteria decision making.

Frequent publication venues for Salo include:

  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Futures & Foresight Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Energy Economics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ahti Salo are:

  • "Portfolio decision analysis: Recent developments and future prospects" (2020), European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Transformative governance of innovation ecosystems" (2021), Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • "Robust portfolio decision analysis: An application to the energy research and development portfolio problem" (2020), European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Strategic offering of a flexible producer in day-ahead and intraday power markets" (2020), European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Efficiency intervals, rank intervals and dominance relations of decision-making units with fixed-sum outputs" (2020), European Journal of Operational Research

Collaborations form a significant part of Salo's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Juho Roponen, Juuso Liesiö, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Edoardo Tosoni, and Kash Barker, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • On the measurement of preferences in the analytic hierarchy process

    Ahti A. Salo;Raimo P. Hämäläinen

  • Technology futures analysis: Toward integration of the field and new methods

    A.L. Porter;B. Ashton;G. Clar;J.F. Coates

  • Preference programming for robust portfolio modeling and project selection

    Juuso Liesiö;Pekka Mild;Ahti Salo

  • Forecasting with scenarios

    Derek W. Bunn;Ahti A. Salo

  • Preference programming through approximate ratio comparisons

    Ahti A. Salo;Raimo P. Hämäläinen

  • Preference ratios in multiattribute evaluation (PRIME)-elicitation and decision procedures under incomplete information

    A.A. Salo;R.P. Hamalainen

  • Robust portfolio modeling with incomplete cost information and project interdependencies

    Juuso Liesiö;Pekka Mild;Ahti Salo

  • Preference assessment by imprecise ratio statements

    Ahti A. Salo;Raimo P. Hämäläinen

  • Decision Support by Interval SMART/SWING—Incorporating Imprecision in the SMART and SWING Methods

    Jyri Mustajoki;Raimo P. Hämäläinen;Ahti Salo

  • Does renewable energy generation decrease the volatility of electricity prices? An analysis of Denmark and Germany

    Tuomas Rintamäki;Afzal S. Siddiqui;Ahti Salo

  • Interactive decision aiding for group decision support

    Ahti A. Salo

  • Rationales for Government Intervention in the Commercialization of New Technologies

    Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita;Ahti Salo

  • Optimization of Electricity Retailer's Contract Portfolio Subject to Risk Preferences

    J. Kettunen;A. Salo;D.W. Bunn

  • An Experiment on the Numerical Modelling of Verbal Ratio Statements

    Mari A. Pöyhönen;Raimo P. Hämäläinen;Ahti A. Salo

  • Contingent Portfolio Programming for the Management of Risky Projects

    Janne Gustafsson;Ahti Salo

  • Rank inclusion in criteria hierarchies

    Ahti Salo;Antti Punkka

  • Diversity in foresight: Insights from the fostering of innovation ideas

    Totti Könnölä;Ville Brummer;Ahti Salo

  • Multicriteria Methods for Technology Foresight

    Ahti Salo;Tommi Gustafsson;Ramakrishnan Ramanathan

  • Technology foresight - Past and future

    Ahti Salo;Kerstin Cuhls

  • Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Residential Energy Supply Systems

    Kari Alanne;Ahti Salo;Arto Saari;Stig-Inge Gustafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Zio
Enrico Zio Polytechnic University of Milan
Raimo P. Hämäläinen
Raimo P. Hämäläinen Aalto University
Afzal S. Siddiqui
Afzal S. Siddiqui Stockholm University
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University
Srinivas Talluri
Srinivas Talluri Michigan State University
Derek W. Bunn
Derek W. Bunn London Business School
Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Simon French
Simon French University of Manchester
Kaveh Pahlavan
Kaveh Pahlavan Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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