{"id":1174,"date":"2019-05-14T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/?page_id=1174"},"modified":"2019-06-17T23:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T03:58:40","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title test\">Research<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Our projects focus on the<span>\u00a0modeling, design, analysis, performance evaluation, control, and optimization of a variety of discrete event and hybrid systems<\/span>. Through data analysis and modeling, we study the expected changes to the performance metrics of the Discrete Event or Hybrid System over time. Then we apply Control and Optimization to obtain better performance.\u00a0 We work on a variety of\u00a0<span>Communication and Sensor Networks, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Transportation Networks, and\u00a0 Multi-Agent Systems<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-278\" class=\"post-278 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/des\" title=\"Permalink to: Value of storage technologies\">Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/des\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2012\/01\/target_detection-big-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2012\/01\/target_detection-big-636x530.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2012\/01\/target_detection-big.png 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"people-text\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span>Much of the technology we rely on (digital computers) is event-driven. Not only must these systems act as \u201cevent coordinators\u201d, but they are also expected to swiftly react to unpredictable events, rapidly adapt to changing conditions, and guarantee their users satisfactory \u2013 if not optimal \u2013 performance.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/des\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/smart-cities\/\" title=\"Permalink to: Dynamic environmental impacts of technologies\">Smart Cities<\/a><\/h5>\n<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/smart-cities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2019\/04\/smart.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"people-text\">\n<p>There are 28 mega-cities (with &gt;10M people) worldwide, accounting for 22% of the world\u2019s urban population, projections indicate more than 41 mega-cities by 2030. The management and sustainability of urban areas have become one of the most critical challenges our societies face today.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trancik.mit.edu\/evaluating-the-dynamic-environmental-impacts-of-technologies\/\" class=\"more-link\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/smart-cities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/its\" title=\"Permalink to: Dynamic environmental impacts of technologies\">Intelligent Transportation Systems<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-269\" class=\"post-269 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/its\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2019\/04\/sumo_ari.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1176\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"people-text\">\n<p>Among the many functions a city supports, transportation dominates in terms of resource consumption, the strain on the environment, and the frustration of its citizens.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/its\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"people-text\">\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/1246-2\/\" title=\"Permalink to: Dynamic environmental impacts of technologies\">Multi-Agent Systems<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/1246-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2019\/04\/GIF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"132\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"people-text\">\n<p>\u00a0A team of autonomous agents cooperating to carry out complex tasks within a given environment that is potentially highly dynamic, hazardous, and even adversarial.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/1246-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-269\" class=\"post-269 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/research\/1536-2\/\" title=\"Permalink to: Dynamic environmental impacts of technologies\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Data Analysis and Network Optimization<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-269\" class=\"post-269 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat category-projects\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<article id=\"post-17\" class=\"post-17 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div id=\"columns\">\n<article id=\"post-265\" class=\"post-265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-feat 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