Thanasis Vafeiadis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 976 citations indexed

About

Thanasis Vafeiadis is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Thanasis Vafeiadis has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 976 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Thanasis Vafeiadis's work include Fault Detection and Control Systems (13 papers), Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (12 papers) and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Thanasis Vafeiadis is often cited by papers focused on Fault Detection and Control Systems (13 papers), Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (12 papers) and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Thanasis Vafeiadis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Italy and United Kingdom. Thanasis Vafeiadis's co-authors include Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, K. Ch. Chatzisavvas, Konstantinos Diamantaras, Alexandros Nizamis, Theofilos Mastos, N. G. Alexopoulos, Nikolaos Dimitriou, Tracy Wotherspoon and Stelios Krinidis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Expert Systems with Applications and Neurocomputing.

In The Last Decade

Thanasis Vafeiadis

37 papers receiving 920 citations

Hit Papers

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A comparison of machine learning techniques for customer churn prediction

2015 312 citations Thanasis Vafeiadis, Konstantinos Diamantaras et al. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thanasis Vafeiadis Greece	13	275	274	159	156	120	40	976
Zhenyong Wu China	16	218 0.8×	170 0.6×	89 0.6×	244 1.6×	74 0.6×	35	1.1k
Zhihua Chen China	16	212 0.8×	195 0.7×	63 0.4×	273 1.8×	54 0.5×	28	900
Shunsheng Guo China	21	90 0.3×	817 3.0×	138 0.9×	152 1.0×	105 0.9×	74	1.5k
Chen Zhou United States	16	83 0.3×	191 0.7×	125 0.8×	157 1.0×	162 1.4×	55	970
Ershi Qi China	15	88 0.3×	135 0.5×	184 1.2×	145 0.9×	74 0.6×	80	802
Chunming Ye China	18	84 0.3×	421 1.5×	144 0.9×	156 1.0×	27 0.2×	94	977
Cliff T. Ragsdale United States	16	51 0.2×	355 1.3×	188 1.2×	113 0.7×	54 0.5×	41	1.2k
Shuzhu Zhang China	15	87 0.3×	436 1.6×	88 0.6×	237 1.5×	52 0.4×	28	905
Hai Jiang China	18	123 0.4×	161 0.6×	56 0.4×	77 0.5×	30 0.3×	65	914
Budi Santosa Indonesia	15	65 0.2×	184 0.7×	260 1.6×	199 1.3×	260 2.2×	183	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kotsiopoulos, Thanasis, Thanasis Vafeiadis, Alexandros Nizamis, et al.. (2025). Anomaly Detection in Industrial Processes: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning and the Role of Explainability. Open Research Europe. 5. 8–8.

Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2025). AI-Assisted Gamification Platform for Smart City Food Waste Management. 12–16.

Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2024). Interpretability of deep neural networks: A review of methods, classification and hardware. Neurocomputing. 601. 128204–128204. 11 indexed citations

Kotsiopoulos, Thanasis, Thanasis Vafeiadis, V.K. Dimitriadis, et al.. (2024). Revolutionizing defect recognition in hard metal industry through AI explainability, human-in-the-loop approaches and cognitive mechanisms. Expert Systems with Applications. 255. 124839–124839. 10 indexed citations

Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2024). Enhancing transparency and trust in AI-powered manufacturing: A survey of explainable AI (XAI) applications in smart manufacturing in the era of industry 4.0/5.0. ICT Express. 11(1). 135–148. 14 indexed citations

Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2023). A Holistic Framework for Production Scheduling in Industry 4.0. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 269–276. 1 indexed citations

Nizamis, Alexandros, et al.. (2022). Production Scheduling Optimization enabled by Digital Cognitive Platform. Procedia Computer Science. 204. 424–431. 4 indexed citations

Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2022). Utilizing machine learning on freight transportation and logistics applications: A review. ICT Express. 9(3). 284–295. 65 indexed citations

Zacharaki, Angeliki, et al.. (2021). RECLAIM: Toward a New Era of Refurbishment and Remanufacturing of Industrial Equipment. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 3. 570562–570562. 35 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2021). Freight transportation route time prediction with ensemble learning techniques. 52–57. 4 indexed citations

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Tsolakis, Apostolos C., et al.. (2020). Towards a Holistic Microgrid Performance Framework and a Data-Driven Assessment Analysis. Energies. 13(21). 5780–5780. 2 indexed citations

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Nizamis, Alexandros, et al.. (2020). Predictive Maintenance for Injection Molding Machines Enabled by Cognitive Analytics for Industry 4.0. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 3. 578152–578152. 28 indexed citations

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Dimitriou, Nikolaos, et al.. (2019). A Deep Learning framework for simulation and defect prediction applied in microelectronics. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 100. 102063–102063. 33 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, Alexandros Nizamis, Ifigeneia Metaxa, et al.. (2019). Intelligent Information Management System for Decision Support: Application in a Lift Manufacturer's Shop Floor. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2019). Data Analytics Platform for the Optimization of Waste Management Procedures. 333–338. 6 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2019). Anomaly Detection in Aluminium Production with Unsupervised Machine Learning Classifiers. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2018). Forecasting faults of industrial equipment using machine learning classifiers. IEEE Conference Proceedings. 2018. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2015). A comparison of machine learning techniques for customer churn prediction. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 55. 1–9. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, et al.. (2012). Real-time network data analysis using time series models. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 29. 173–180. 10 indexed citations

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Vafeiadis, Thanasis, E. Bora-Senta, & Dimitris Kugiumtzis. (2008). Evaluation of Linear Trend Tests Using Resampling Techniques. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 37(5). 907–923. 7 indexed citations

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