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Ioannis Konstantaras is an Associate Professor at the Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, holding this position since July 2016. He contributes to the Master in International Business, Master in Business Administration, and Master in Business Analytics and Data Science programs.
His academic qualifications include:
- B.Sc. in Mathematics from Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (1999)
- M.Sc. in Statistics & Operations Research from University of Ioannina (2001)
- Ph.D. in Operations Research from University of Ioannina (2006)
Konstantaras specializes in mathematical modeling and optimization of inventory systems for supply and reverse logistics chains. His research addresses production planning, deteriorating items, imperfect quality products, and recovery processes through operations research methodologies. He develops analytical models for optimizing decision-making in complex logistics environments.
His publication record (2010-2014) shows concentrated research on inventory models for deteriorating items, lot-sizing in recovery systems, and pricing strategies for reverse logistics. Key contributions include extensions to Economic Order Quantity models, optimization of two-warehouse systems, and integration of inspection learning effects in quality control.
He serves as Co-Editor for the International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics since January 2014 and has reviewed for numerous international journals. Konstantaras led the research program "Logistics Management: Quantitative Methods for Inventory Management" funded by the ARCHIMEDES program under EPAYAEK II. No publicly available information lists his doctoral advisees.
