Research Streams
INESCC is able to provide consultant services on different areas, such as:
Multiple Criteria/Objectives Decision Support | • Methodologies and systems for supporting decision processes with multiple evaluation criteria • Multi-objective optimization and planning • Network optimization models and algorithms • Efficiency evaluation in industries and services • Analysis and evaluation of investment projects • Systems for supporting group collaboration (groupware) and negotiation processes • Imprecision/uncertainty in decision support |
Teletraffic Engineering & Telecommunication Network Design | • Network optimisation and traffic modelling • Application of Operational Research techniques to network design • Routing methods in IP/MPLS and WDM networks • Multicasting methods in IP/MPLS-WDM networks • Reliability in telecommunication networks • Resilient routing/fault recovery in MPLS networks |
Environmental & Spatial Planning / Sustainable Cities | • Spatial decision support systems • Multicriteria/multiobjective spatial analysis • Land use, urban, regional, transportation and environmental planning • Urban regeneration • Planning and management of infrastructures • Location of facilities • Routing optimization • Accessibility studies • Spatial data retrieval from Remote Sensing • Urban 3D modeling • Imprecision/uncertainty in geospatial modeling • Geographical Information |
Rational Use of Energy & Power Systems Planning | • Management of demand for energy • Electricity consumption models • Energy management in buildings and evaluation of indoor air quality • Urban energy planning • Analysis of the quality of service in electricity networks • Electricity markets • Studies of energy-environment-economy interactions • Energy and sustainable development |
Computational Mechanics Applied to Structural Systems | • Non-linear structural analysis • Computational-numerical methods for large-scale systems (finite element methods and other approaches) • Safety evaluation of structural systems |