4 RESEARCH PROJECTS

The research projects are organized as projects in six main research areas. In the year 1996, these areas were

• foundations of computational methods,
• computational mechanics and physics,
• control and identification,
• computational methods of large-scale systems
• systems and operations research, and
• neural networks and applications.

Within each research area, a reasonable level of synergy between different projects is generally provided either by the use of similar methods or by the study of similar problems with different types of methods.

The different research areas have a common mathematical background which makes the communication possible between projects in different areas. Moreover, much effort has been invested in a common computational environment. On one hand, it reduces the routine work in the projects, and, on the other hand, makes it easier for the projects to communicate with each other.

• 4.1 Foundations of Computational Methods
• 4.2 Computational Mechanics and Physics
• 4.3 Control and Identification
• 4.4 Computational Methods for Large-Scale Problems
• 4.5 Systems and Operations Research
• 4.6 Neural Networks and Applications
• 4.7 Computational Environment