
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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