Bijan Fazlollahi

Professor, Institute of International Business and Director of Center for Business Development in Transitional Economies
 

How To Reach Me

Office: Suite 830 RCB Building, 35 Broad Street
Office Hours: By Appointment
Email: dscbbf@langate.gsu.edu
Voice: (404)-413-7283
Personal Website: www2.gsu.edu/~qmdbbf

Areas of Experitse

Transitional and Emerging Markets and Economies; Global Operations.

Education:

  • Ph.D.  Syracuse University, Business Administration, 1984
  • M.B.A. Syracuse University, Operations Management, 1967
  • B.S. M.I.T, Mechanical Engineering, 1962
  • Certificate of International Business, University of South Carolina, 1994

Courses Taught:

BUSA 3000 Globalization and Business Practices; IB 3090 Introduction to International Business; IB 8690 Global Operations Mgmt

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • Honorary Citizen of Georgia (the country) by Presidential Decree - December 2004
  • Honorary Professorship and Doctorates from four universities in Azerbaijan and Georgian.
  • Received over $5 million in US Government funding for university partnerships in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Egypt for Ph.D, MBA and BBA, faculty development, faculty/ student exchange, and business women and others (1995-2008) plus $167,000 research grant.
  • International Education Excellence Award, Georgia State University, 2002. Multiple commendation letters from President, Provost, Dean for accomplishments (1998- Present).
  • Member Editorial/Advisory Board of Journal of Database Management (1997-2001).
  • Fulbright Scholar Award for former USSR 1992. Innovation in Education Award- DSI, 1987

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • R.A Aliev, B. Fazlollahi, “Fuzzy-genetic approach to aggregate production-distribution planning in supply chain management”, Information Sciences, issue 177, 2007, pp 4241-4255
  • R.A. Aliev, B. Fazlollahi, R.R. Aliev, B. Quirimov, “Fuzzy time series prediction method based on fuzzy recurrent neural network”,  Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4233, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006, pp 860-869.
  • Vahidov, R, Fazlollahi, B, “Pluralistic Multi-agent Decision Support System: a Framework and an Empirical Test”, Information and Management, Vol. 41, September 2004, pp. 883-898.
  • Vahidov, R, Fazlollahi, B, “A Multi-Agent DSS for Supporting E-Commerce Decisions”, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Vol. XLIV, N2, Winter 2003-2004, pp.87-94.
  • Aliev, R.A., Fazlollahi, B, Vahidov, R. M., "Genetic Algorithms-based Fuzzy Regression Analysis," Soft Computing Journal, Vol. 6, Num 6, September 2002, pp. 470-475.
  • Fazlollahi, B, Vahidov, R. M. “A Method for Generation of Alternatives by Decision Support Systems”, Journal of Management  Information Systems, vol. 18, n2, pp. 225-246, 2001.
  • Parikh, M, Fazlollahi B, and Sameer Verma.  “The Effectiveness of Decisional Guidance: An Empirical Evaluation”, Decision Sciences Journal, vol. 32, n2, pp. 303- 331, 2001.
  • Aliev, R.A., Fazlollahi, B, Vahidov, R. M. “Genetic Algorithm-based Learning of Fuzzy Neural Networks. Part 1: Feed-Forward Fuzzy Neural Networks,” Fuzzy Sets and Systems, March 1, 2001, v118/n2, North-Holland. pp351-358.
  • Fazlollahi, B., Parikh, M., Verma, S.  "Adaptive Decision support Systems Architecture," Journal of Decision Support Systems, 20, 1997. pp 297-315.
  • Fazlollahi, B., and Gordon, J., "CATCH: Computer Assisted Tracking of Criminal Histories System," Interfaces, 1993, Vol. 23, N 2, 51-62.
  • Jain, H., Tanniru, M., and Fazlollahi, B., "MCDM Approach for Generating and Evaluating Alternatives in Requirements Analysis", Information Systems Research, 1991, V. 2, N.3, pp. 223-239.

Bio

Professor Bijan Fazlollahi is a teacher and a researcher at the Robinson College of Business. He serves as the Director of Center for Business Development in Transitional Economics. He directs several U.S. Government and privately funded university partnership projects for the establishment of BBA, MBA, MS, and Ph.D. programs in Egypt, Azerbaijan and the Republic of Georgia. His latest grants are from the USAID for Ph.D. in Georgia and for BBA in Egypt. In the past he directed the Leadership Training Program for Businesswomen in Georgia as well as many other projects in the Caucasus.

He was awarded Honorary Citizen of Georgia in November 2004. He received three Honorary Doctorate degrees in the past several years. He also served as Fulbright scholar in the former USSR. His research is in the field of Information Systems and Decision Support Systems. His recent work is in the application of Soft Computing (GA, ANN, IA, and Fuzzy Logic) to Decision Support Systems.

He has published in Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Information and Management, Interfaces, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, and Soft Computing Journal. He is coauthor of Soft Computing and its Applications in Business and Economics, Springer 2004 and the editor of Strategies for eCommerce, IRM Press, 2002 as well as contributor to Soft Computing Agents, Edited by Vincenzo Loia, 2002.

Bijan teaches International Business, Global operations and Logistics, and Information systems courses in the U.S. and abroad. He has taught in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Poland, South Africa and Iran. He has also taken part in organizing International Conferences in Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, and Uzbekistan. Bijan is experienced in consulting for and management of business and government organizations. In the U.S., he consulted for the Atlanta International Airport and Atlanta police Department.

Dr. Fazlollahi received BS degree from MIT and MBA and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University. He also served as Engineer in the US and General Manager, Plant Manager, Ports and Navigation Operations Director and Chief Engineer for various organizations in Iran.