In this paper, the two-dimensional strip packing problem with 3-stage level patterns is tackled using genetic algorithms (GAs). We evaluate the usefulness of a greedy seeding procedure for creating the initial population, incorporating problem knowledge. This is motivated by the…

El presente artículo trata la aplicación de un sistema experto capaz de determinar la factibilidad de funcionamiento de una máquina térmica desde el punto de vista termodinámico, mediante el análisis del diseño de un ciclo de potencia, el ciclo Joule…

The Parents Group of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) from the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) takes part on the Family Support Program of the Pediatric Nursing Service. The objective of the study is to know the…

This is a qualitative study which aims to describe the caregiving process developed by family members/caregivers of children with special needs (CRIANES) at home. For the production data we chose to use of a Creative Sensitive Method (MCS), mediated by…

Exploratory-descriptive study, qualitative, whose goal is to understand the experience of family caregivers in the practice of patient care in the home chronically dependent. The subjects consisted of the family caregivers of patients dependent on chronic, in a city of…

The HIV status of children with HIV / AIDS results in demands for particular health needs such as a follow-up on their growth and development process, as well as clinical and therapeutic care. Objective: to describe the experience of developing…

Medullar lesions, which are normally a result of car accidents, can lead to paraplegia or tetraplegia, causing serious problem in public health, with extended treatments and multiples medium and long-term complications. The aim of this article is to report the…

Problem of selecting a person as a new personnel or member of any group is a critical issue in human resource management. Personnel selection is a big challenge in all types of companies, organizations and communities, involving multiple issues that…

The real estate market is very important for every country, not merely because it ensures construction structures and infrastructure necessary for life and work, but also because it has a strong, multiple impact on the development of nation’s entire economy.…

Defeasible Logic Programming (DeLP) is a knowledge representation and reasoning formalism that by combining Logic Programming with Defeasible Argumentation is able to represent incomplete and potentially contradictory information.
Within the field of Logic Programming, most of the implementations of Prolog…