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Engineering and Technology
Portugal
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
16100
World Ranking
1745
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Zita Vale is affiliated with the Polytechnic Institute of Porto in Portugal and has a significant body of research in the field of engineering, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their work covers various subfields including control and systems engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, building and construction, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Smart energy community: A systematic review with metanalysis, 2021, Energy Strategy Reviews
  • Flexibility management model of home appliances to support DSO requests in smart grids, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Ensemble learning for electricity consumption forecasting in office buildings, 2020, Neurocomputing
  • Non-technical losses: A systematic contemporary article review, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Optimal Model for Local Energy Community Scheduling Considering Peer to Peer Electricity Transactions, 2021, IEEE Access

Zita Vale collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Pedro Faria
  • Luís Gomes
  • João Soares
  • Tiago Pinto
  • Fernando Lezama

The researcher has published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Energies
  • Energy Reports
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Access

Additionally, Zita Vale has contributed to books published by Springer Science+Business Media, including multiple editions of Progress in Artificial Intelligence released in 2023.

The main topics of their work highlight a focus on energy systems and smart grid technologies, with key areas including:

  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Fields of study corresponding to the scientist's publications emphasize engineering disciplines, particularly electrical and electronic engineering, which constitutes the majority of their published work.

Best Publications

  • Optimal scheduling of a renewable micro-grid in an isolated load area using mixed-integer linear programming

    Hugo Morais;Péter Kádár;Pedro Faria;Zita A. Vale

  • An electric energy consumer characterization framework based on data mining techniques

    V. Figueiredo;F. Rodrigues;Z. Vale;J.B. Gouveia

  • Demand response in electrical energy supply: An optimal real time pricing approach

    Pedro Faria;Zita Vale

  • MASCEM: a multiagent system that simulates competitive electricity markets

    I. Praca;C. Ramos;Z. Vale;M. Cordeiro

  • Local Energy Markets: Paving the Path Toward Fully Transactive Energy Systems

    Fernando Lezama;Joao Soares;Pablo Hernandez-Leal;Michael Kaisers

  • Intelligent Energy Resource Management Considering Vehicle-to-Grid: A Simulated Annealing Approach

    T. Sousa;H. Morais;Z. Vale;P. Faria

  • Towards transactive energy systems: An analysis on current trends

    Omid Abrishambaf;Fernando Lezama;Pedro Faria;Zita Vale

  • Day-ahead resource scheduling including demand response for electric vehicles

    Joao Soares;Hugo Morais;Tiago Sousa;Zita Vale

  • MASCEM: Electricity Markets Simulation with Strategic Agents

    Z Vale;T Pinto;I Praça;H Morais

  • Demand response implementation in smart households

    Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini;João Soares;Omid Abrishambaf;Rui Castro

  • Modified Particle Swarm Optimization applied to integrated demand response and DG resources scheduling

    Pedro Faria;Joao Soares;Zita Vale;Hugo Morais

  • Evaluation of the electric vehicle impact in the power demand curve in a smart grid environment

    Hugo Morais;Tiago Sousa;Zita Vale;Pedro Faria

  • Dynamic load management in a smart home to participate in demand response events

    Filipe Fernandes;Hugo Morais;Zita Vale;Carlos Ramos

  • An integrated approach for distributed energy resource short-term scheduling in smart grids considering realistic power system simulation

    Marco Silva;H. Morais;Zita Vale

  • Day-ahead resource scheduling in smart grids considering Vehicle-to-Grid and network constraints

    Tiago Sousa;Hugo Morais;João Soares;Zita Vale

  • Demand Response Management in Power Systems Using Particle Swarm Optimization

    Pedro Faria;Zita Vale;Joao Soares;Judite Ferreira

  • A multi-objective model for scheduling of short-term incentive-based demand response programs offered by electricity retailers

    Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini;João Soares;Nuno Horta;Rui Neves

  • Distributed energy resource short-term scheduling using signaled particle swarm optimization

    João Soares;Marco Silva;Tiago Sousa;Zita Vale

  • A stochastic model for energy resources management considering demand response in smart grids

    João Soares;Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini;Nuno Borges;Zita Vale

  • Electric Vehicle Scenario Simulator Tool for Smart Grid Operators

    João Soares;Bruno Canizes;Cristina Lobo;Zita Vale

  • An Intelligent Tutoring approach to support students and technicians in electrical installation design

    G. Santos;A. Gomes;L. Faria;S. Ramos

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Faria
Pedro Faria Polytechnic Institute of Porto
Hugo Morais
Hugo Morais Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa
Joao Soares
Joao Soares International Student Exchange Programs
Juan M. Corchado
Juan M. Corchado University of Salamanca
Rui Castro
Rui Castro Eindhoven University of Technology
Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy
Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Clemson University
João Rocha
João Rocha Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Madeleine Gibescu
Madeleine Gibescu Utrecht University
José Neves
José Neves University of Porto
Andrew T. Campbell
Andrew T. Campbell Dartmouth College

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