Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro Gomes (Leader of the Research Group)

Civil Engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1968). Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University (1970). Doctor of Philosophy In Engineering from University of California, in Berkeley (1976). Postdoctoral studies at the University of Stuttgart (1985/1986). Title of PhD thesis: A Multicriteria Decisionmaking Framework for the Evaluation of Forest Road Investment Projects. Full professor of Ibmec/Rio de Janeiro. Member of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Former President of the Brazilian Operations Research Society.

E-mail address: autran@ibmecrj.br
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Carlos Francisco Simões Gomes (Participant Researcher)

Naval Sciences degree from the Naval School (1984). Master of Science in Production Engineering from Fluminense Federal University (1995). Doctor of Science in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999). Postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (2002). Title of DSc thesis: THOR – A Hybrid Algorithm to Support Multicriteria Decision with Discrete Alternatives. Adjunct faculty in Ibmec/Rio de Janeiro, in Veiga de Almeida University and in the INFNET Institute. Member of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Vice President of the Brazilian Operation Research Society.

E-mail address: cgomes@ibmecrj.br
Address to access complete CV with updated list of publications:
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Luís Alberto Duncan Rangel (Participant Researcher)

Mechanical Engineering degree from the Catholic University of Petrópolis (1985). Master of Science in Production Engineering from Fluminense Federal University (1995). Doctor of Science in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2002). Title of DSc thesis: Assessment of utility functions from decision makers’ preferences using the UTA method over the criteria set. Associate professor at the School of Industrial and Metallurgical Engineering of Volta Redonda, Fluminense Federal University. Member of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making.

E-mail address: duncan@metal.eeimvr.uff.br
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Graduate student research completed in 2010, 2009 and 2008:

• Choice of an automation system for the sales force in the pharmaceutical industry: a comparative analysis of MAUT and ZAPROS-LM

• A multicriteria approach for setting priorities in a portfolio of investiment projects

• Prioritizing energy distribution projects by using PROMÉTHÉE II. 2010

• Selection and prioritization of suppliers in the steel industry: a multicriteria analysis by TODIM

• Multicriteria classification of companies and internal control processes: an application of ELECTRE Tri

• Prioritizing P & D project proposals in Petrobras: a comparative analysis of Direct Rating and Swing Weighting
• A multicriteria approach for selecting a Business Intelligence tool

• Performance evaluation by the AHP through Superdecisions: the Inmetro case

• Decision making process in the selection of sustainable investments for Brazilian pension funds: application of the ZAPROS-LM method

• Prioritization of projects in petrochemistry: a multicriteria analysis with the TODIM method

• Evaluation of performance in assets management: a multicriteria study

• Mobility of a group of employees of Petrobras: use of cognitive mapping as a tool for structuring a decision making problem

• The negotiation process and the decision to invest in a fuel distribution company in the Brazilian market

• Assets portfolio: AHP via Superdecisions

• Management of the relationship with client companies: a multicriteria approach

• Selection of an airplane for regional charter activities: a multicriteria approach based on the NAIADE method

• Decision aiding in plastic surgery: a multicriteria analysis

• Selection of a contractor for a partnership in the electric sector: utilization of ordinal multicriteria methods

• Choice of a custodian firm for a financial management company: multiattribute analysis by conjoint measurements and even swaps

• Model for credit analysis founded on the ELECTRE TRI method

• Multiattribute analysis with uncertainty: application of the Interval SMART method

• Indicators of environmental sustainability in the mining industry: evaluation by PROMÉTHÉE II

• Specification and certification of Brazilian ethanol: contribution of the multicriteria paradigm

• Internationalization and competence centers: application of the Interval SMART / Swing Weighting to the choice of a location

• Prioritization and selection of information technology projects: an application of Verbal Decision Analysis through the ZAPROS-LM method

• Human resource decision-making with replicated and inconsistent data: an application of Rough Set Theory