Forecast models based on climatic conditions are of great interest in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The success of these models depends, among other factors, on the knowledge of the temperature effect on the pests? population dynamics. In this direction,…

Sucrose is one of the compounds in the raw coffee bean that has been identified as an important precursor of coffee flavour and aroma. In order to increase our knowledge of sucrose metabolism in coffee species, sucrose and reducing sugar…

Geographic knowledge discovery (GKD) is the process of extracting information and knowledge from massive georeferenced databases. Usually the process is accomplished by two different systems, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the data mining engines. However, the development of those…

Lines of research of the Functional Analysis Group

In the area of Analysis:
- Theory of Operators in Banach Spaces, Geometry of Banach Spaces, Theory of Punto Fijo, Complex Analysis, Measurement Theory, Semigroups, Non-lineal Analysis and Control…

El descubrimiento hace unos años del Bronce de Bembibre, la tessera Paemeiobrigensis, ha permitido conocer nuevos datos sobre los viajes de Augusto a la Península Ibérica; al mismo tiempo, otros descubrimientos epigráficos y el examen de algunos testimonios literarios mejoran…

The Center of Electronic Microscopy (CME) is an institution attached to the Academic Vice-Rector of the Universidad de Los Andes, dedicated to scientific and multidisciplinary research. The Center develops its own programs of scientific and academic training at the undergraduate…

The Center of Penal and Criminological Research "Héctor Febres Cordero" CENIPEC, is one of the Research Centers which is currently part of the Faculty of Juridical and Political Sciences of the Universidad de Los Andes. Formally founded in 1975 by…

Various groups belong to the Center of Research in Reading, Writing, and Socio-educational Innovations (CENDILES):

- The Educational Research Workshop Group (TIE)
- Socio-educational Research and Innovations Group (GISE)
- Theoretical and Didactical Research of the Social…

The Interamerican Center of Environmental and Territorial Development and Research is a branch of the Universidad de Los Andes fundamentally dedicated to postgraduate instruction and interdisciplinary research. It has as its principal objective the contribution to economic and social development…

We live in a world, where common sense is applied almost everywhere. To apply
common sense is to understand simple facts about people and everyday life.
The study of commonsense knowledge and reasoning is important, whether to
help understand…