Published books

  • Kostoglou, V. (2002).Operational Research: Methodology - Applications and problems - Software presentation. Thessaloniki: Tziolas Publishing Co. ISBN: 960-8050-84-7 (in Greek).

  • Kostoglou, V. and Zarbi E. (1999).Series of five booklets on Career Counselling. Thessaloniki: Careers Service of TEI of Thessaloniki.

  • Kostoglou, V., Karageorgos, A., Karianou, K. and Louizidi, A. (2004).Entrepreneurship Guide. Thessaloniki: Publication of the Careers Service of TEI of Thessaloniki.

  • Kostoglou, V., Vasilakopoulos, M. and Zafeiropoulos, C. (2007).The employment of the graduates of ATEI of Thessaloniki in the labour market. Thessaloniki: Careers Service of TEI of Thessaloniki. ISBN: 978-960-287-79-2.

  • Kostoglou, V. (2015).Operational Research and Organization of Production Systems. Thessaloniki: Tziolas Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-960-418-569-9 (in Greek).

BOOKS EDITION

  • Kostoglou, V., Arabatzis, G. and Karamitopoulos, L. eds. (2011)
    Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium and 10th Balkan Conference on Operational Research (BALCOR 2011). Vol. I, 1-372 – ISBN: 978-960-87277-6-2 and Vol. II, 1-440 - ISBN: 978-960-87277-7-9.

  • Papathanasiou, J., Kostoglou, V. and Ribeiro, R. (guest editors) (2012).
    Special issue of the “International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)”, vol. 4, 1, with selected papers from the 1st International Symposium & 10th Balkan Conference on Operational Research. ISSN: 1941-6296

  • Georgiadis, C. K., Kostoglou, V., Arabatzis, G. and Stiakakis, E. (guest editors) (2015).
    1st International Symposium and 10th Balkan Conference on Operational Research (BALCOR 2011). Annals of Operational Research. DOI 10.1007/s10479-015-1819-3

  • Kostoglou, V. and Panidou, M. (2016).
    ICT Education and Skills Certification Framework in Europe – Experience and Results in the PICTET Tempus Project. System of Professional ICT-education: Experience of EU, Russia, Kazakhstan, 247-268. ISBN: 9785975816429

Degree theses

  • Bachelor's degree dissertation (1980) Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
    Title: "Minimising the total distribution cost of the milk industry AGNO".
    Field: Operational Research (Distribution - Transportation). Mark: 10 (out of 10)

  • Master's degree thesis (1982) University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
    Title: "Studying the trading patterns of Campus bars of the University of Lancaster".
    Field: Operational Research (Statistical Analysis - Marketing)

  • PhD thesis (2005) University of Macedonia, Greece
    Title: "The employment of infromation and communications technologies' specialities in the enterprises"
    Field: Applied Operational Research - Informatics

Publications (journal articles)

  1. Kostoglou, V. (2002). Investigating studies and specializations of information and communications technologies in Greek basic education and vocational training. Labour Relations Review, 28, 80-93. (in Greek)

  2. Kostoglou, V. (2003). Postgraduate studies in information and communications technologies: Evolution-education - prospects. Management Science Review, 28, 71-85. (in Greek)

  3. Kostoglou, V., Paparrizos, K. and Zafiropoulos, C. (2004). Investigating human resource management policies in ICT Labour Market. Operational Research an International Journal (ORIJ), 4 (1), 57-72.

  4. Varkas, G., Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2005). Accession and use of information and communications technologies in the public sector: results and conclusions from a regional survey. Labour Relations Review, 37, 39-55. (in Greek)

  5. Kostoglou, V. and Zafiropoulos, C. (2006). Analyzing the demand in the information and communications technologies sector: the case of Greece. The Cyprus Journal of Sciences, 4, 91-108.

  6. Kostoglou, V. (2006). Postgraduate programmes and specializations in ICT: the effects of enterprise characteristics on postgraduates employment. Themes in Education, 7(2), 165-179.

  7. Siakas, K. and Kostoglou, V. (2007). Entrusting informatics services to external partners (outsourcing). Management Science Review, 40, 25-36. (in Greek)

  8. Kostoglou, V. and Siakas, K. (2007). The ICT labour market in Greece: professions spreading and prospects. Labour Relations Review, 40, 29-42. (in Greek)

  9. Beglaryan, A. and Kostoglou, V. (2008). Opportunities from European Union experience on rural poverty reduction strategy in the republic of Armenia. Information Technologies and Management, 55-64.

  10. Kostoglou, V. (2009). The ICT professions in Greece: investigating the effects of enterprise profile characteristics. Review of Economic Sciences, 15, 79-98.

  11. Kostoglou, V. and Adamidis, P. (2009). Analyzing the employability of higher education graduates and detecting the effecting factors. The Cyprus Journal of Sciences, 8, 73-88.

  12. Gharibyan, G., Kostoglou, V. and Beglaryan, A. (2009). Investigating the problems of rural population employment in the Republic of Armenia and ways of solving them. Finances and Economics, 4-5, 122-124.

  13. Adamidis, P. and Kostoglou, V. (2010). Experimental study of local selection on evolutionary timetabling. The Cyprus Journal of Sciences, 7, 53-64.

  14. Bayramli, N. and Kostoglou, V. (2010). The role of savings in the economic development of the Republic of Azerbaijan. International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, v. 3 (2), 99-110.

  15. Koilias, C., Kostoglou, V., Garmpis, A. and van den Hiejden, B. (2011). The incorporation of graduates from higher technological education into the labor market. Journal of Service Science and Management, 4, 86-96.

  16. Limberaki, Ε., Eleftheriou, Ph., Gasparis, G., Karalekos, E., Kostoglou, V. and Petrou Ch.(2011). Cortisol levels and serum antioxidant status following chemotherapy.Health, 3 (8), 512-517.

  17. Kostoglou, V., Garmpis, A., Koilias, C.and van den Heijden, B. (2011).Predictors of higher technological education graduates’ labour market entrance success, European Journal of Higher Education (accepted for publication), 1, 2-3, 158-178.

  18. Kostoglou, V. (2011).Higher technological education graduates’ entrepreneurship: results and conclusions of a nation-wide research study. Journal iBusiness, 3, 332-338.

  19. Limberaki, Ε., Eleftheriou, P., Vagdatli, E., Kostoglou, V. and Petrou, C. (2011).Serum antioxidant status among young, middle-aged and elderly people before and after antioxidant rich diet. Journal Hippokratia,16 (1), 420-425.

  20. Kostoglou, V. and Siakas, E. (2012).Investigating higher education graduates' entrepreneurship in Greece. Annals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, 3: 17291. DOI: 10.3402/aie.v3i0.17291.

  21. Kostoglou, V., Minos, G. and Tolis, E. (2012). Development of an innovative information system: A fish identification e-key with update capabilities. Information Systems and e-Business Management, DOI: 10.1007/s10257-012-0191-y.

  22. Minos G., Kostoglou, V. and Tolis, E. (2012). An innovative decision making e-key application for the identification of fish species. Optimization Theory, Decision Making, and Operations Research Applications, in Migdalas A., Sifaleras A., Georgiadis C.K., Papathanasiou J., Stiakakis E. (Eds.), Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 31, 319-329. DOI: 10.10007/978-1-4614-5134-1_23.

  23. Moschidis, O., Kostoglou, V. and Papathanasiou, J. (2013).Identifying the principal factors affecting the selection of higher education economical studies in Greece. Journal of Management Research, 5 (2), 119-132.

  24. Kostoglou, V., Papathanasiou, J., Moschidis, O. and Ladoloulou, P. (2013). A comparative analysis of the Greek universities' presence on the world wide web using an analytical MCDM methodology. Special Issue “Multicriteria Decision Aid Applications for Social and Educational Services” in the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making (to be published).

  25. Kostoglou, V., Vassilakopoulos, M. and Koilias, C. (2013). Higher technological education specialties and graduates’ vocational status and prospects. Education + Training, 55 (6) (to be published).

  26. Papathanasiou, J., Kostoglou, V. and Petkos, D. (2013). A comparative analysis of cloud computing services using multicriteria decision analysis methodologies. International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences (accepted for publication).

  27. Balogh, A., Siakas, K., Koining, S., Ekert, D., Coakley, D. Colomo-Palacios, R. and Kostoglou, V. (2013). Social media networker: A new profile for a new market in Matsuo, T. and Colomo=Palacios, R. (Eds.) Electronic Business and Marketing New Trends on Its Process and Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 484, 137-146. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-642-37931-4 (Print) 978-3-642-37932-1 (Online).

  28. Kostoglou, V., Ploskas, N., Vassilakopoulos, M. and Tsantopoulou, V.-E. (2014). Analysis and design of a web-based decision support system for choosing higher education studies. Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 24 (3), 399-414. DOI: 10.2298/YJOR140411025K.

  29. Papathanasiou, J., Kostoglou, V. and Petkos, D. (2015).A comparative analysis of cloud computing services using multicriteria decision analysis methodologies. International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, 7 (1), 51-70. DOI:10.1504/IJIDS.2015.068117.

  30. Georgiadis, C. K., Kostoglou, V., Arabatzis, G. and Stiakakis, E. (2015).1st International Symposium and 10th Balkan Conference on Operational Research (BALCOR 2011). Annals of Operational Research. DOI 10.1007/s10479-015-1819-3 (editorial).

Publications/presentations (conference proceedings)

  1. Kostoglou, V., Katsaris C. and Chatzisavva, E. (1994). A computer package for business statistical forecasting. Proceedinds of the 10th National Conference on Operational Research, 344-354. Chania, Greece.

  2. Kostoglou, V., Vasilopoulos, N., Kavazis, D. and Chatzisavva, E. (1997). An object oriented system for design and statistical process of questionnaires. Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Conference with international participation: Didactics of Mathematics and Informatics in Education, 344-354. Patra, Greece.

  3. Kostoglou, V. (1997 ). Statistical forecasting for small and medium enterprises: An object oriented approach. Presented at the Euro XV Informs XXXIV Joint International Meeting. Barcelona.

  4. Kostoglou, V. (1998 ). An object oriented system for design and statistical process of questionnaires. Presented at the 16th European Conference on Operational Research. Brussels.

  5. Kostoglou, V. and Apostolidis, F. (1999 ). Capital investment evaluation and choice: An approach through an object oriented information system. Presented at the 15th Triennial Conference of Ifors. Beijing, China.

  6. Kostoglou, V. and Apostolidis, F. (1999 ). Information system for investment evaluation and selection. Proceedings of the 4rth Panhellenic Conference with international participation: Didactics of Mathematics and Informatics in Education, 256-262, Rethymnon, Greece.

  7. Kostoglou, V. and Kolettas, S. (2001 ). An object oriented system for simulating, modelling and evaluating player strategies in the game of Blackjack. Presented at Euro 2001: The European Operational Research Conference. Rotterdam, Netherlands

  8. Karianou, K. and Kostoglou, V. (2001 ). The importance of career counselling for the open and distance learning. Proceedings of the 1st Panhellenic Conference for Open and Distance Learning, Patra, Greece.

  9. Kostoglou, V., Koliousis, A. and Vitsas, V. (2003 ). Playing strategies in the game of Blackjack. An overall approach through mathematical analysis and simulation. Euro / Informs Joint. International Meeting, Istanbul 6-10 July.

  10. Karianou, K. and Kostoglou, V. (2003 ). Theoretical analysis and pilot implementation of evaluation tools in career counselling: The case of the careers service of TEI of Thessaloniki. Presented at the 9thPan-Hellenic Conference of Psychological Research, Phones 21-24 May 2003, Greece.

  11. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2003 ). Occupation areas, specialization sectors and professions in ICT: An overall analysis and selection methodology. Proceedings of the 9th Pan-Hellenic Conference of the Greek Computer Society, 310-321. Thessaloniki, Greece.

  12. Kostoglou, V., Zafiropoulos, C., Paparrizos, K. and Notopoulos, P. (2003 ). Human resource management in information and communications technologies (ICT) enterprises: Results and conclusions of a national survey.Proceedings of the 16th National Conference in Operational Research, 61-74. Larisa, Greece.

  13. Kostoglou, V., Notopoulos, P. and Paparrizos, K. (2003 ). Technical design application modelling by knowledge based systems. Presented at the 16th National Conference in Operational Research. Larisa, Greece.

  14. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2004 ). Higher education undergraduate studies in ICT: Evolution analysis and statistical forecasts. Proceedings of Meeting with International Participation, 221-233. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

  15. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2004 ). The portrait of the Greek labour market in Information and Communications Technologies. Proceedings of the conference Higher Education and Labour Market, TEI of Western Macedonia, 159-160. Kozani, Greece.

  16. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2004 ). Design and implementation of a survey model for investigating the ICT labour market. Presented at the 20th European Conference on Operational Research. Rhodes, Greece.

  17. Kostoglou, V. and Zafiropoulos, C. (2004 ). Studying the association between education outflows and labour market needs in the Information and Communications Technologies sector. Proceedings of the International Conference the Quality in Education of Balkan Countries, 103-115, Sofia.

  18. Kostoglou, V., Koutroukis, T. and Paparrizos, K. (2004 ). ICT Graduate programmes in Greece: Analysis and association with the labour market. Proceedings of the International Conference Global Integration of Graduate Programmes(GIGP 2004), 97-104. Amman, Jordan.

  19. Kostoglou, V. (2005 ). A model for investigating and analyzing the demand in the ICT sector. Presented at the 17th National Conference on Operational Research. Patra, Greece.

  20. Varkas, G., Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2005 ). Broadband networks and services: innovative means of human communication. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education NHIBE 2005), 52-57. Corfu, Greece.

  21. Kostoglou, V. (2005). Investigating the graduates prospects in the ICT labour market. Presented at the 3rd International Conference Global Integration of Graduate Programmes (GIGP 2005). Irkoutsk, Russia.

  22. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2006). A comprehensive analysis of the information and communications technologies professions in Greece. Proceedings of the 18th Pan-Hellenic Conference of HELORS, 539-549. Kozani, Greece.

  23. Kostoglou, V. (2006). Implementation of a two-stage survey model for selecting and investigating the ICT professions and specializations. Presented at the 21st European Conference of Operational Research (EURO XXI). Reykjavik, Iceland.

  24. Kostoglou, V. and Paparrizos, K. (2007). Analyzing the characteristics of graduates employment: Results and conclusions of a large survey. Presented at the 19th Pan-Hellenic Conference of HELORS. Arta, Greece.

  25. Kostoglou, V. (2007). Design and implementation of a survey model for investigating graduates employment. Presented at the 22nd European Conference of Operational Research (EURO XXII). Prague, Czech Republic.

  26. Kostoglou, V. and Paloukis, S (2007). Graduates employment in European Union. Proceedings of the 5thInternational Conference New Horizons in Industry,Business and Education (NHIBE 2007), 103-107. Rhodes, Greece.

  27. Kostoglou, V. and Paloukis, S (2007). Investigating graduates�employability in European Union: Review, analysis and comparison. Proceedings of the International Conference Global Integration of Graduate Programmes(GIGP 2007), Split, Croatia.

  28. Kostoglou, V. and Siakas, K. (2008). Graduatesentrepreneurship: investigating self-employment of university graduates. Proceedings of 2nd International FINPIN Conference - Promoting Entrepreneurship by Universities, April 20-22, 2008, Hämeenlinna, Finland.

  29. Kostoglou, V. (2008). Implementing a survey model for the investigation of graduates entrepreneurship: the case of TEI of Thessaloniki. Presented at the 20th PanHellenic Conference of HELORS. Spetses, Greece.

  30. Panetsos, S. and Kostoglou, V. (2009). The employability of educational specialties: design and implementation of a survey model employment. Proceedings of the 21stPanHellenic Conference of HELORS, Athens, Greece.

  31. Kostoglou, V. (2009). Examining university graduates entrepreneurship through the design and application of an OR survey model. Presented at the 23nd European Conference of Operational Research (EURO XXIII). Bonn, Germany.

  32. Kostoglou, V. (2009). Postgraduate education in ICT and media convergence: development, teaching and assessment of new courses. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education(NHIBE 2009), 141-146. Santorini, Greece.

  33. Bairamli, N. and Kostoglou, V. (2009). The role of savings in the economic development of the republic of Azerbaijan. Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Business and Economics, 98. Kavala, Greece.

  34. Kostoglou, V. (2010). Evaluation and comparison of project management software. Presented at the 24rth European Conference of Operational Research (EURO XXIII). Lisbon, Portugal.

  35. Koilias, C., Kostoglou, V., Tourna, E., Garmpis, A. and Tolis, V. (2011). Investigation and analysis of Technological Educational Institutions’ graduates employment. Proceedings of 1st National Conference of Greek Mathematical Society and Hellenic Operational Research Society, Piraeus, Greece.

  36. Tolis, E., Minos, G. and Kostoglou, V. (2011). Design and implementation of an innovative dichotomous classification e-key to identify fish species. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium and 10th Balkan Conference on Operational Research, Vol.1, 162-168.Thessaloniki, Greece

  37. Kostoglou, V., Vassilakopoulos, M. and Koilias, C. (2012). Implementation of an OR model for the comparison of higher technological education specialties. Presented at the 24rth European Conference of Operational Research (EURO XXIII). Vilnius, Lithuania.

  38. Papathanasiou, J., Kostoglou, V. and Petkos, D. (2012). A multicriteria comparative analysis of cloud computing services from the user perspective. Proceedings of the 12th Special Conference of HELORS – 9th Meeting of Multicriteria Decision Analysis, 46. ISBN 978-960-363-041-8.

  39. Kostoglou, V., Vassilakopoulos, M. and Tsikritzis, L. (2013).Modeling a digital guide of higher technological education professions. Presented at the 26rth European Conference of Operational Research (EURO/INFORMS MMXIII), 326, Rome, Italy.

  40. Kostoglou, V., Vassilakopoulos, M. and Ploskas, N. (2013).Towards a web based decision support system for choosing higher education studies. Proceedings of XI Balkan Conference on Operational Research, 168-176. Belgrade & Zlatibor, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-7680-285-2

  41. Μίνος, Γ., Δήμου, Γ. και Κώστογλου, Β. (2013).Ανάπτυξη εφαρμογής για την αναζήτηση της συστηματικής ταξινόμησης των ιχθύων με χρήση γραμμωτού κώδικα. Πρακτικά 15ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Ιχθυολόγων, 158-160. Θεσσαλονίκη. ISBN: 978-960-98007‐1-6

  42. Tsironis, L., Gkoutsidis, D., Karapas, M. and Kostoglou, V. (2013).Towards a unified framework of labor productivity assessment. Proceedings of 13th Special Conference – 10th Mulicriteria Decision Analysis Meeting, 28. Thessaloniki, Greece.

  43. Drosos, D., Kostoglou, V. and Tsotsolas, N. (2013).Trends and challenges from the use of social networking site (SNSs) in Greece. Proceedings of 13th Special Conference – 10th Mulicriteria Decision Analysis Meeting, 45. Thessaloniki, Greece.

  44. Ploskas, N., Kostoglou, V. and Vassilakopoulos M. (2014).Mapping of higher education specialties through the implementation of a decision support system. Presented at the 3rd International Symposium and 25th National Conference on Operational Research. Volos, Greece.

  45. Kostoglou, V., Ploskas, N. and Vassilakopoulos, M. (2014).Personalized User Information on a Decision Support System Supporting the Choice of Higher Education Specialty. Presented at the 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2014). Barcelona, Spain.

  46. Minos, G., Kostoglou, V. and Tsilvelis, S. (2014).Development of a digital checklist of Greek fish fauna. Poster at the 1st International Congress of Applied Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment – HydroMedit 2014. Volos, Greece.

Lecture notes

Author of approved lecture and seminar notes on the following subjects:

  • Special Topics of Operational Research (theory - selected problems)
  • Project Management
  • Time Programming
  • Quality Control
  • Investment Evaluation Techniques
  • Communication Skills
  • Society and Informatics
  • Word Processing
  • Flow Charts for Computer Programming
  • Computer Applications in Marketing
  • Labour Market Search Techniques

Writing of operation manuals of the following computer programmes:

  • WordStar 2000+
  • Word 6
  • HTPM (Total Project Management)
  • MS-Project
  • MSIS (Management Science Information System)
  • Eurokom (International Communication Network)
  • QSB+, LINDO and MPCODE (Operational Research computer programmes)