Data modeling is a technique that assists decision making and the resolution of several types of problems in real systems. However, choosing the best technique for modeling a real system is not always an easy task, as each ...

This thesis work presents a synthetic model of application of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) accomplished in the process of welding in fine foils for the Pulsed MIG/MAG method. This work presents an auxiliary model ...

The 1990s economics opening challenge the enterprises how to survive, the globalization aggravated greatly the competition for the enterprises do keep in the market, it becomes extremely important an efficient administration ...

A time series is defined as a collection of observations of a variable over time, whose data order has a fundamental importance due to the dependence between these consecutive values. The analysis of these data, and the ...

Nowadays, the globalized world requires competitive organizations that make qualified products and satisfy their client’s necessities. Therefore, the Six Sigma Methodology is a strategy that applies the structured use ...

This study demonstrates the implantation of the Statistical Process Control in a textile industry, which main activity is the polyester filaments texturing. The main objective is to evaluate the productive process enabling ...

Many engineering problems involve the optimization of the unknown objective function. Recently, active search has emerged as a powerful tool to solve problems of this nature, whose objective function involves high ...

Modern production systems require monitoring processes for quality assurance and production compliance. Computer vision is a strong ally in the process of object identification and feature extraction, being used in several ...