Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a descriptor of a project; extracting a set of language signals from the descriptor; accessing a set of input parameters and a set of output characteristics; querying a language model for a range of values of input parameters exhibited within historical engineering solutions correlated with the set of language signals; accessing a virtual model for the project and a function representing a relationship between the set of input parameters and the set of output characteristics; for each analysis instance in a count of analysis instances, defining a combination of values of input parameters within corresponding ranges and based on the virtual model, the function, and the combination of values, executing the analysis instance to calculate a set of values of output characteristics; and rendering representations of combinations of values of input parameters and sets of values of output characteristics within a user interface.