Dr. Toshiyuki Sueyoshi had been a full professor at Department of Management, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA. He holds Ph.D. in Management and has worked for universities in USA, Japan, and other countries. His research interests cover operations research, management science, risk and policy analysis, energy industries, and environmental issues. Dr. Sueyoshi explores theory and methodologies for efficiency/performance assessment and applies them to various entities such as companies and plants. He has published more than 300 papers in academic journals and books and these are cited many times by researchers.
Dr. Mika Goto is a full professor at School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. She holds Ph.D. in Economics. Before joining the university, she worked for a research institute of electricity industry in Japan and conducted various research on energy and sustainability issues. Her research interests cover operations research, energy economics and policy, electricity industry, technology management, and sustainability. She has published many papers on efficiency analysis in academic journals and books.