• The Unit develops research in the following areas of Mathematics: 
  

Combinatorial Optimization
Multivariate Statistics
Statistical Extremes Theory

• The Unit is actively working on the following topics: 

Evapotranspiration in very sparse stands of cork and holm oak
Selection of variable subsets in multivariate data
Connectivity in priority area selection for conservation of species
Landscape diversity measures and landscape desertification processes

• The Unit also collaborates in several other agricultural and biological research activities in the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, bringing mathematical support.