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Konstantinos Triantis

Dr. Konstantinos P. Triantis

Professor

Virginia Tech-Northern Virginia Center
Phone: 703-538-8446
Fax: 703-538-8450
Email: triantis@vt.edu

Biographical Information

Education

  • Ph.D., Columbia University, 1984
  • M. Phil., Columbia University, 1980
  • M.S., Columbia University, 1977
  • B.S., Columbia University, 1976

Major Responsibilities

  • Director of ISE program in NV and representing ISE extended campus programs as past of the executive committee, NCR CoE.
  • Director of Systems Engineering Program and ISE Ph.D. program in NV
  • Co-Director System Performance Laboratory

Research Accomplishments

Design of performance measurement systems for service and production organizations. Introduced fuzzy sets as a mechanism to represent uncertainty and the concept of continuous dynamic efficiency performance in performance measurement modeling.

Recent Course Responsibilities

  • System Dynamic Modeling
  • System Engineering Projects
  • Management of Quality and Reliability
  • Advanced Measurement Modeling

Selected Recent Publications

  • Sheth C, Triantis, K., and Teodorovi?, D. (2007). “The Measurement and Evaluation of Performance of Urban Transit Systems: The Provision of Bus Service along Different Routes,” in press, Transportation Research: Part E.
  • Vaneman, W. and Triantis, K. (2007). “Evaluating the Productive Efficiency of Dynamical Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, in press.
  • Medina-Borja, A.M., Pasupathy, K.S., and Triantis, K. (2006). “Large-scale Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Implementation: A Strategic Performance Management Approach,” Journal of the Operational Research Society, advance online publication, June 14, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602196
  • Triantis, K. (2004). “Engineering Applications of DEA,” Handbook of Data Envelopment Analysis, Elsevier.
  • Seaver, B., Triantis, K., and B. Hoopes (2004), “Efficiency Performance and Dominance in Influential Subsets: An Evaluation using Fuzzy Clustering and Pair-wise Dominance,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 21, 201-220.
  • Vaneman, W. and Triantis, K. (2003). “The Dynamic Production Axioms and System Dynamic Behaviors: The Foundation for Future Integration,” Journal of Productivity Analysis, 19, 93-113, 2003.
  • Triantis, K. and Paul Otis (2004). "A Dominance Based Definition of Productive Efficiency for Manufacturing Taking into Account Pollution Prevention and Recycling," European Journal of Operational Research, 154, 447-464.
  • Triantis, K., Sarangi, S., and Kuchta, D. (2003). “Fuzzy Pair-Wise Dominance and Fuzzy Indices: An Evaluation of Productive Performance,” European Journal of Operational Research, 144, 412-428.
  • Sheth, N. and K. Triantis (2003). “Measuring and Evaluating Efficiency and Effectiveness Using Goal Programming and Data Envelopment Analysis in a Fuzzy Environment,” Yugoslav Journal of Operational Research, 13(1), 1-26, 2003.

Selected Recent Projects

  • Traffic Congestion: Actions and Reactions, National Science Foundation
  • The Introduction of New Technologies in Complex Systems, Office of Naval Research
  • The Design and Measurement of Transportation Systems, Footprints, Virginia Tech
  • The Relationship of Employee Health, Quality Culture and Organizational Effectiveness, Virginia Tech
  • The Design of Performance Measurement Systems for Manufacturing Organizations and Social Service Organizations, Center for High Performance Manufacturing and the American Red Cross
  • Sustainability of the Service Profit Chain, Virginia Tech

Industries Serviced

  • Social service organizations, DOD, manufacturing

Key Professional Service Activities

  • Chair, Executive Committee, NCR CoE, Virginia Tech
  • Education, 1992-present

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