Basil Manos

Basil Manos has been holding teaching and research positions in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) since 1976. He is a Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of School of Agriculture and Director of the Laboratory of Agricultural Informatics of this School. His research interests are in Operational Research models in Agriculture, Decision Support Systems, Regional Planning, Sustainability and Efficiency, Environmental Management. Professor Manos holds B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Economics from AUTH, a M.Sc. degree in Operational Research from the London School of Economics, and a Ph. D. in Agricultural Economics from AUTH. He has published papers in European Journal of Operational Research, Interfaces, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Regional Studies, Journal of Policy Modeling, Water policy, Supply Chain Management-An International Journal, British Food Journal etc. He has conducted research in many National and EU funded projects, coordinating some of them, since 1976.

Publications

Applications of DSSs in Irrigation and Production Planning in Agriculture
Applications of DSSs in Irrigation and Production Planning in Agriculture
Jason Papathanasiou, Thomas Bournaris, Georgios Tsaples, Panagiota Digkoglou, Basil D. Manos. © 2021. 18 pages.
Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the need to generate knowledge from information that can guide practice, and in that...
Exploring Information Technology and Total Quality Management Implementation by Food and Drink Manufacturing Enterprises
Exploring Information Technology and Total Quality Management Implementation by Food and Drink Manufacturing Enterprises
Sofia Zioupou, Basil Manos, Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Irini Tzimitra-Kalogianni. © 2019. 13 pages.
The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) as a business strategy in the Greek food and drink industry, along with the...
Transactional Environmental Support System Design: Global Solutions
Transactional Environmental Support System Design: Global Solutions
Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis, Robert Kenward. © 2013. 313 pages.
Designing a Transactional Environmental Support System grew from the desire to allow citizens to exchange knowledge on local land and animals for the purpose of learning how to...
Introduction
Introduction
Robert E. Kenward, Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis. © 2013. 6 pages.
Change in land-use, and hence, biodiversity, result from decisions at local level, which are restrained only in part by formal environmental assessments. However, local knowledge...
Overall Conclusions
Overall Conclusions
Robert Kenward, Jason Papathanasiou, Basil Manos, Stratos Arampatzis. © 2013. 5 pages.
This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Commission of the European Union, to design a Transactional Environmental Support...
Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications
Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications
Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Basil Manos, Nico Polman, Davide Viaggi. © 2011. 574 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an increasingly important role in the socio-economic environment of rural areas, and e-governance can empower citizens by...
A Governance and Ecosystems Management Approach to the Conservation of Biodiversity
A Governance and Ecosystems Management Approach to the Conservation of Biodiversity
Basil Manos, Robert Kenward, Stratos Arampatzis, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2011. 11 pages.
Finally, this chapter highlights the path drawn by the currently ongoing TESS project (Transactional Environmental Support System) to put some of the conclusions of the...
Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Trends, Applications and Advances
Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Trends, Applications and Advances
Basil Manos, Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Konstantinos Paparrizos, Jason Papathanasiou. © 2010. 554 pages.
As national and international concern over sustainable resources becomes more prevalent, the need for decision support systems (DSS) increases. The applicable uses of a...