Pesqui. Oper. vol.30 número3

From the point of view of the firm employees involved, application of the methodology constituted an opportunity to: obtain a more comprehensive vision considering all the

As can be seen in cognitive Map B, the various factors which were identified as being those which most influenced the decision made to remain as the head office were: greater

For Yolles (1999) paradigms operate through a metasystem (that maintains a group culture and that formulates its belief system and accumulates knowledge), a virtual system

In Africa, for example, there is an evident effort made by WHO (World Health Organization) to use DEA as an aiding tool to organize the health system (Kirigia et al. Concerning

In order to develop and combine the knowledge, the methods and tools for handling societal complexity problems, like global safety, special multidisciplinary knowledge institutes

Our experiences have shown that it is possible to design a course for students with the purpose to teach creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative methods using a

In this study, we consider a data set related to the daily hospitalization counting due to pneumonia, coronary ischemic diseases, diabetes and chronic diseases in different age

In the production chain of soybeans in Brazil a sizable part of the corresponding cost structure is the result of logistics costs. Given the location of its production sites,