As of January 2006 this part of the RMS program has changed to the Integrated Modeling Environment project.

Mathematical modeling of complex problems is actually a network of activities involving interdisciplinary teams collaborating closely with specialists in modeling methods and tools. Over the years, many of the activities within IIASA and its collaborating institutions have required nonstandard methods and tools for model specification, generation, and analysis, which resulted in the collaboration of our staff with various teams at different stages of the modeling process. In order to provide adequate support we have developed and applied a host of widely recognized advances: novel modeling paradigms for adequate representation of complex problems, effective treatment of uncertainty and risk, methods and tools for model support of the whole modeling cycle, including analysis and the management of huge amounts of data, and development of specialized algorithms for solving various types of computational problems.

The demand for advanced modeling support will increase with: the growing complexity of IIASA's models, the needs of integrating models and/or data developed by different programs, the demand for effective treatment of uncertainty, and the need for transparency and documentation of modeling activities. Thus we plan to continue providing advanced modeling support with new methods and tools that will be built on the legacy developed during past successful cooperation with several IIASA's programs.

In the coming years, research of the AMCS Project will be organized into the following three mutually linked activities:

The goals of the project cannot be reached by the small in-house team. Thus we will continue to exploit synergies with our research network, in particular our collaboration with two Japanese Centers of Excellence, and with the National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland.

The research on multicriteria analysis of the NEEDS models will be partially supported by the European Union 6th Framework Program project NEEDS (2004-2008).

For more information, contact Marek Makowski

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Last updated: 24 Feb 2011