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Marc Kilgour holds a PhD (Mathematics), MSc (Applied Mathematics) and BASc (Engineering Physics), all from University of Toronto. He has been a member of the Department of Mathematics of Wilfrid Laurier University since 1973. He has been Adjunct Professor of Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo since 1984, and was Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies from 1991 to 2004. He is now a member of the Board of Directors of LCMSDS, as well as the Board of Advisors of the Center for Election Science.
During his time at Laurier, Marc Kilgour has benefited from several sabbatical and other leaves, and was usually able to spend time with research colleagues. He has held visiting positions at University of Vienna, Austria; Tottori University and Kyoto University, Japan; Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China; University of Sydney, Australia; Université de Caen and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France; Graduate Institute for International Studies, Switzerland; and University of Waterloo.
Marc Kilgour is a mathematician whose expertise lies primarily in the application of mathematical ideas and principles to other fields. Most of these applications involve decisions in some way, usually group decisions or decisions by individuals within a group. The objective may be:
- normative – to find the “optimal” decision;
- descriptive – to model the world as it is;
- prescriptive – to finding the best decision for a particular decision-maker, based on his or her view of the situation; or
- structural – to design a framework that facilitates good (or better) decisions.
Marc Kilgour has approximately 400 refereed or edited publications, including over 200 articles in refereed journals.
Marc Kilgour sees his research as lying at the intersection of mathematics, engineering, and social science. He has contributed on a wide range of topics including arms control, environmental management, negotiation, arbitration, voting systems, fair division, and coalition formation. As well, he has co-developed several decision support systems for strategic conflict.
- Elinor Ostrom Prize for the best article (2012) in Journal of Theoretical Politics, “Narrowing the Field in Elections: The Next-Two Rule,” co-authored with Steven J. Brams.
- 2007 INFORMS GDN Section Award for outstanding contributions to research in Group Decision and Negotiation and to the GDN Section.
- Wilfrid Laurier University University Research Professor, 1990-91.
- R. Duncan Black Award for best article (1984) in Public Choice, “The Canadian Constitutional Amending Formula: Bargaining in the Past and the Future,” co-authored with Terrence J. Levesque.
- D. Marc Kilgour is President of the INFORMS Section on Group Decision and Negotiation (2014-16).
- D. Marc Kilgour was President of the Peace Science Society (International) in 2011-12.
Since 2007, Marc Kilgour has supervised or co-supervised 23 students at the undergraduate, master's, or doctoral level, as well as 3 postdoctoral fellows. He has also acted as academic adviser to 29 students or academic visitors. These students are almost always involved in research: about 2/3 of his 100 most recent publications have at least one student co-author.
Students interested in opportunities to work on projects in Marc Kilgour’s areas of expertise should contact him for more information.
Since Jan. 1, 2014
- Kuang, Hanbin, D. Marc Kilgour, and Keith W. Hipel, “Grey-based PROMETHEE II with application to evaluation of source water protection strategies.” Information Sciences. (2015)
- Ke, Ginger Y., D. Marc Kilgour, and James H. Bookbinder, “Coordination of Transportation and Quantity Discount Decisions, with Coalition Formation.” International Journal of Production Research. (2014)
- Brams, Steven J., D. Marc Kilgour, and Christian Klamler, “Two-Person Fair Division of Indivisible Items: An Efficient, Envy-Free Algorithm.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society. (2014)
- Kilgour, D. Marc, “Presidential Address: Peace Engineering.” Conflict Management and Peace Science. (2014)
- Matbouli, Yasser T., Keith W. Hipel, and D. Marc Kilgour, “Strategic Analysis of the Great Canadian Hydroelectric Power Conflict.” Energy Strategy Reviews. (2014)
- Gerchak, Yigal and D. Marc Kilgour, “Degree of difficulty as the objective of contest design.” International Game Theory Review. (2014)
- Matbouli, Yasser T., Keith W. Hipel, D. Marc Kilgour, and Fakhri Karray, “A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Assess, Manage, and Communicate Carcinogen Risk.” Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. (2014)
- He, Shawei, Keith W. Hipel, and D. Marc Kilgour, “Water Diversion Conflicts in China: A Hierarchical Perspective.” Water Resources Management. (2014)
- Bashar, M. Abul, D. Marc Kilgour, and Keith W. Hipel, “Fuzzy Option Prioritization for the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution.” Fuzzy Sets and Systems. (2014)
- Brams, Steven J., and D. Marc Kilgour, “When Does Approval Voting Make the ‘Right Choices’?” Mathematics of Decisions, Elections, and Games (M. Jones and K. Crisman, eds.), AMS Contemporary Mathematics. (2014)
- Brams, Steven J. and D. Marc Kilgour, “Satisfaction Approval Voting.” Voting Power and Procedures (R. Fara, D. Leech, and M. Salles, eds), Springer. (2014)
Contact Info:
Office location: LH3033
Office hours:
By appointment only. Please email mkilgour@wlu.ca.
Languages spoken: English, French