1. Heuristics to solve the integrated airline crew assignment problem

A typical problem related to airline crew management consists of optimally assigning the required crew members to planned flights for a given period of time, while complying with a variety of labor regulations, safety rules and policies of the airline. This problem, called crew assignment problem (CAP), is of the NPHard class. So, it is usually divided into

J. Transp. Lit.. Publicado em: 2015-01

2. Mecanização e intensificação do trabalho no corte de cana do CAI canavieiro do estado de São Paulo

Assuming that the work is the central category in the production process, the relationship between the recent modernization, in special in the harvesting activities, and the manual harvesting work intensification were studied in the Sugarcane Agroindustrial Complex of São Paulo State. The work intensification, which involves high energy expenditure by the w

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 14/11/2012

3. ÁCIDO 2-CLOROETILFOSFÔNICO NO RALEIO DE AMEIXEIRAS EM PÓS FLORADA

Fruit thinning is one of the main practice to produce good quality fruit today. It promotes a balance between vegetative growth and production, increases fruit size and avoids alternation of production. Thinning can be done during flowering, but its often done later after fruit set, which can be defined best fruiting. Manual thinning of large number of plant

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 10/05/2012

4. CONSTRUÇÃO EM AÇO NO VALE DO AÇO DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS: CRONOLOGIA, CARACTERÍSTICAS E PATOLOGIAS / CONSTRUÇÃO EM AÇO NO VALE DO AÇO DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS: CRONOLOGIA, CARACTERÍSTICAS E PATOLOGIAS

Today, Brazil faces a large economic growth and as a consequence it has provided the growth of civil construction. In this context, buildings need to be implemented in a more agile way with reduction and elimination of waste and work scrap, and the products selection suitable for its intended use. Pressured by globalization and market requirements, steel mil

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 28/03/2011

5. Alocação do Investimento Direto Externo entre estados brasileiros / Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment between Brazilian states

O investimento direto externo (IDE) tem se tornado cada vez mais relevante para a economia brasileira. A razão do fluxo de IDE sobre o PIB do país subiu de uma média de 0,6% na década de 1980 para 2,5% de 2001 a 2009 segundo dados da UNCTAD. Observa-se, também, uma grande iniquidade na distribuição deste investimento entre as Unidades Federativas bras

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 16/02/2011

6. Airline crew scheduling in the Brazilian context. / Programação de tripulantes de aeronaves no contexto brasileiro.

This master of science research treats the Crew Scheduling Problem (CSP), as part of the airlines operational planning. The main aim of the CSP is to assign a set of tasks to crew members, considering the labor regulations, safety rules and policies of companies, such that the crew cost is minimal. The CSP is divided into two subproblems, solved sequentially

Publicado em: 2009

7. Study about business strategy of Brazilian auto parts companies / Estudo sobre a estratégia de negócios das empresas de autopeças no Brasil

Auto parts Industry has an important participation in the Brazilian economy, with a turnover of US$ 29,8 billion/year, investing US$ 1,3 billlion/year and keeping 200.000 jobs. Despite the importance, the sector has been presenting negative profits. Some issues can collaborate with this bad result: incorrect business strategy, high cost of production, expend

Publicado em: 2008

8. Modelo de apoio à DecisÃo multicritÃrio para terceirizaÃÃo de atividades produtivas baseado no MÃtodo SMARTS

The outsourcing of activities in organizations has become an increasingly common option for production, in order to cope with high competitiveness that exists in globalized markets. However, there are no guarantees of improvements in operating results through outsourcing activities. Indeed, the consequences of the outsourcing of productive activities can lea

Publicado em: 2008

9. Frequencias e formas de fornecimento de ração para tilápia do Nilo criada em sistema raceway / Feed frequency and ratio for Nile tilapia in raceway system

The present research was carried out at Sector of Fish of the Goiás Federal University, between December the 2006 and May the 2007, which lasted for 127 days. Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus), Supreme strain, with starter weight of 31.86 1.75 g were randomly allotted in 32 tanks of 100 L of capacity each one in raceway system. The full water e

Publicado em: 2008

10. BalanÃo econÃmico e energÃtico da produÃÃo de mamona para obtenÃÃo do biodiesel no Estado do Cearà / Economic and energetic balance of castor production for obtaining the biodisel in Cearà State

Due to the need to know the economic and energetic viability of castor (Ricinus communis) for the State of CearÃ, one of the main producers of oil seed in Northeast of Brazil, the present work has been developed aiming to elaborate economic and energetic balance of castor production for obtaining the biodiesel in Cearà State. Simultaneously, it was analyse

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 29/06/2007

11. Relação custo-benefício da implantação do sistema de análise de perigos e pontos críticos de controle (APPCC) em laticínio do Estado de São Paulo / Cost-benefits relationship for implementation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system in a dairy plant in the State of São Paulo

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between cost and benefits of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system implemented in the yogurt production line in a dairy processing plant in São Carlos, São Paulo State from August 2006 to August 2007. The total costs for the elaboration and implementation of HACCP, along with the micro

Publicado em: 2007

12. Análise de cenários de extração de óleo vegetal para produção de biodiesel na região do Norte de Minas Gerais / Analyzing the sceneries of the vegetal oil extraction for biofuel production on Northern Minas Gerais

The Brazilian initiative to producing biodiesel from vegetal oils introduces into Brazilian energetic conjunct an alternative energy source, that has been insufficiently explored in spite of been a substitute for petroleum derivatives. However, looking for inserting the family agriculture into productive biodiesel chain, the Federal Government emitted the Se

Publicado em: 2007