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Pekka Korhonen

Pekka Korhonen

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Mathematics
Finland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
41
Citations
8353
World Ranking
1886
National Ranking
11

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
45
Citations
9258
World Ranking
5406
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Pekka Korhonen is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and has contributed to multiple fields including Decision Sciences, Computer Science, and Engineering. Their research spans various subfields such as Management Science and Operations Research, General Decision Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Economics and Econometrics, and Statistics and Probability.

Their primary research topics cover a range of areas including Complex Systems and Decision Making, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis), Optimization and Mathematical Programming, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, Water Resources Management and Optimization, and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Korhonen has published several papers, notably:

  • "Connections between multiple-objective programming and weight restricted data envelopment analysis: The role of the ordering cone," 2024, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Robustness of efficiency scores in data envelopment analysis with interval scale data," 2021, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "On rational behavior in multi-attribute riskless choice," 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Supporting Scenario-Based Decision-Making With Multi-Objective Optimization," 2025, Futures & Foresight Science

Other papers include work published in the European Journal of Operational Research focusing on consistency in value functions as well as methodological contributions.

The most frequent publication venues for Korhonen include:

  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Futures & Foresight Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Japanese Studies

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Jyrki Wallenius
  • Majid Soleimani-damaneh
  • Nasim Nasrabadi
  • Akram Dehnokhalaji
  • Banu Lokman

Korhonen is also an author of a book titled Making Better Decisions, published in 2020 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Eco-efficiency analysis of power plants: An extension of data envelopment analysis

    Pekka J. Korhonen;Mikulas Luptacik

  • A preference-based evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective optimization

    Lothar Thiele;Kaisa Miettinen;Pekka J. Korhonen;Julian Molina

  • A Visual Interactive Method for Solving the Multiple-Criteria Problem

    Pekka J. Korhonen;Jukka Laakso

  • Good debt or bad debt: Detecting semantic orientations in economic texts

    Pekka Malo;Ankur Sinha;Pekka Korhonen;Jyrki Wallenius

  • A Value Efficiency Approach to Incorporating Preference Information in Data Envelopment Analysis

    Merja Halme;Tarja Joro;Pekka Korhonen;Seppo Salo

  • Multiple criteria decision support - A review

    Pekka Korhonen;Herbert Moskowitz;Jyrki Wallenius

  • Value efficiency analysis of academic research

    Pekka J. Korhonen;Risto Tainio;Jyrki Wallenius

  • A parametric approach to fuzzy linear programming

    Christer Carlsson;Pekka Korhonen

  • A pareto race

    Pekka Korhonen;Jyrki Wallenius

  • Structural Comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis and Multiple Objective Linear Programming

    Tarja Joro;Pekka Korhonen;Jyrki Wallenius

  • Resource Allocation Based on Efficiency Analysis

    Pekka Korhonen;Mikko Syrjänen

  • Solving the Discrete Multiple Criteria Problem using Convex Cones

    Pekka Korhonen;Jyrki Wallenius;Stanley Zionts

  • An Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Method Based on Progressively Approximated Value Functions

    Kalyanmoy Deb;Ankur Sinha;Pekka J Korhonen;Jyrki Wallenius

  • A visual reference direction approach to solving discrete multiple criteria problems

    Pekka Korhonen

  • A Heuristic for Estimating Nadir Criterion Values in Multiple Objective Linear Programming

    Pekka Korhonen;Seppo Salo;Ralph E. Steuer

  • Evaluation of Cost Efficiency in Finnish Electricity Distribution

    Pekka J. Korhonen;Mikko J. Syrjänen

  • Bibliometric Analysis of Multiple Criteria Decision Making/Multiattribute Utility Theory

    Johanna Bragge;Pekka J. Korhonen;Hannele Wallenius;Jyrki Wallenius

  • Solving generalized goal programming problems using a visual interactive approach

    Pekka Korhonen;Jukka Laakso

  • Multiple criteria decision support: the state of research and future directions

    Pekka Korhonen

  • A Preference-based Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Optimization

    L. Thiele;K. Miettinen;P. Korhonen;J. Molina

  • Choice behavior in interactive multiple-criteria decision making

    P. Korhonen;H. Moskowitz;J. Wallenius

Frequent Co-Authors

Jyrki Wallenius
Jyrki Wallenius Aalto University
Kalyanmoy Deb
Kalyanmoy Deb Michigan State University
Stanley Zionts
Stanley Zionts University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Niklas Ravaja
Niklas Ravaja University of Helsinki
Pekka Salminen
Pekka Salminen University of Jyväskylä
John W. Fowler
John W. Fowler Arizona State University
Lothar Thiele
Lothar Thiele ETH Zurich
Kaisa Miettinen
Kaisa Miettinen University of Jyväskylä
Ralph E. Steuer
Ralph E. Steuer University of Georgia
Jari Lipsanen
Jari Lipsanen University of Helsinki

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