Niall Fraser

As co-founder of Open Options Corporation, Niall Fraser's research work formed the basis of the strategic software technology developed by the firm. As principal scientist, Niall is also responsible for the ongoing technical development of the Open Options software and for managing key client applications, including a wide range of manufacturing and service companies around the world as well as Canadian military and federal government organizations, US intelligence and military agencies, and international research firms. Prior to founding Open Options, Niall was a professor at the University of Waterloo in the department of management sciences. During that time, his academic research interests included conflict analysis, multiple criteria decision making, game theory, bargaining and negotiation, and compliance verification. Niall holds a Ph.D. in System Design Engineering. He is the author of four books and has also written more than 150 academic publications appearing in journals such as Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, European Journal of Operations Research, Interfaces, Theory and Decision, and Group Decision and Negotiation.

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