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In this paper the Crew Rostering Problem (CRP) from a Brazilian public transit company is modeled and solved by a Genetic Algorithm (GA). The CRP consists of assigning duties on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays to the crew members of a company over a given planning horizon, minimizing the number of crews and also balancing the workload of the crews, reducing the total number of accumulated overtime...
The study shows that there are basically two groups of complexities that can be found in development projects. 1) Complexities that inherent in the project and its environment such as a demanding client, or very large number of end-users, novelty, multiplicity of technologies, uncertainty, complexity of interface, diversity of need and so forth, 2) Complications or complexities associated with the...
Brazil began its experience on biofuel-run cars in the 1970s, when a government program - Pró-Alcool, meaning Alcohol Program - stimulated automakers with an industrial presence in the country to develop and manufacture cars to run on hydrated ethanol (5% water content) or a gasoline/anhydrous ethanol mix varying from 10% up to 25% (E10 to E25). Since the first model was launched by Volkswagen in...
The Power Line technology has received an increasing attention in the last decades due to its inherent benefits, mainly related to the reduction of cabling and associated costs. Power Line Communication (PLC) was first employed in power utilities, and since the 80s in home automation, too. However, its use in the automotive field received relatively little attention. This paper extends previous works...
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