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Decision-support methods are crucial for analyzing complex alternatives and criteria in today's data-driven world. This Systematic Literature Review (SLR) explores and synthesizes knowledge about decision support methodologies that integrate Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA), an unsupervised Machine Learning (ML) technique. Both techniques optimize complex decisions by combining multiple criteria and dimensional data analysis. Focusing on performance evaluations, criterion weighting, and validation testing, this review identifies significant gaps in existing methodologies. These include the lack of consideration for non-beneficial criteria in PCA, insufficient validation tests in over half of the studies, and the non-use of communalities (the contribution of each criterion to the main factors) in decision support approaches. Additionally, this SLR offers a comprehensive quantitative overview, analyzing data from the Scopus, IEEE, and Web of Science databases and identifying 16 relevant studies. Furthermore, the scarcity of systematic reviews integrating MCDM and PCA techniques impedes evidence-based decision- making practices and theoretical evolution. This is particularly crucial as ML and data analysis advance rapidly, requiring models that reflect technological innovations. This article addresses this gap in the literature by providing an analysis of decision support methods and guiding further improvement in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study aims to develop prospective scenarios for post-Covid-19 Brazilian tourism, using the Momentum method. Analysis was limited to tourism sector, since no Brazilian studies focused on this theme were identified, bringing a novelty. Momentum presented as a hybrid model, using scenarios prospective vision. Furthermore, Momentum is associated with multi-criteria decision-making, using THOR 2 and AHP-TOPSIS-2N. It was established three prospective scenarios for tourism in Brazil, as well as four alternative tourism forms, directly linked to these scenarios, for the multi-criteria evaluation. It was possible to stablish that both methods determined the same alternatives for appropriate tourism in specifics scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Paper aims: This paper aims to compare the results of the THOR2 Method, in comparison to the original THOR method, and to analyse possible rank changes between the methods, to support decision-making in the evolutionary process of waste recycling in Brazil. Originality; Proposes a revision of the model for analysis of Waste Recycling, highlighting the vision of three decision makers individually, and later the integrated vision. Research method: State of the art of the THOR and THOR2 methods, through an investigation in four databases and comparison using THORWeb. Main findings: As a result of the disposal of plastic waste, reuse, mechanical recycling, chemical and incineration remained in the positions with the consumer as a decision maker. With the other decision makers there was only one significant change, where the landfill went from last to first position. Implications for theory and practice: There was only one significant change when comparing methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research envisions the possibility of establishing a connection between education, work and the legal plane, focusing specifically on the prison system. Its objective is to undertake the analysis of the feasibility of education and work as instruments of resocialization of individuals imprisoned in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. The current study was based on the qualitative research approach. To reach the proposed objective, the following methodological resources were selected, namely: bibliographic research; Analysis of written documents, in particular legal and regulatory provisions. Books, articles, theses, dissertations and information available on portals administered by public and private agencies were consulted. Supplementarily, this work counted on the contributions of the researches undertaken by Julião (2007, 2009 and 2012). It is envisaged that the modest contribution of this research is the adoption of an interdisciplinary approach. The notes made throughout the research show that education and work are not yet configured as effective instruments for the resocialization of distressed people. It is hoped that the present study may favor discussions about the resocialization of individuals incarcerated from the actions taken by education and work in the prison environment, allowing the articulation between professionals in the prison administration, education and civil society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paper aims: This paper aims to select the best helicopter to be acquired by the Brazilian Navy (BN), enabling greater logistical and combat capacity in marine operations. For this purpose, we applied the AHP-TOPSIS-2N, a hybrid multicriteria method composed by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and two normalization procedures (2N). Originality: In this paper, a real military case study is conducted to support the decision-making process in BN, contributing to the better performance of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The application of the methodology resulted in two lists of ordering and prioritization of helicopters, providing transparency and simplicity to the decision-making process. Research method: We analyzed six aircraft models, considering attack helicopters used by the Armed Forces of developed countries, in the light of their operational and tactical criteria. The selected helicopter would be employed in the fire support and reconnaissance, required by the Brazilian Marine Corps Amphibious Operations. Main findings: After the application of the method, the AH-64E APACHE was chosen as the most suitable helicopter to be acquired by the Brazilian Navy. Implications for theory and practice: This study brings valuable contribution to academia and society, since it represents the application of a Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method in the state of the art to contribute to the solution of a real problem of the BN. The methodology presented in this paper can notably be used to solve real problems of the most varied types - tactical, operational and strategic - thus being a very useful method for decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research address practices in projects management application related to Charles Handy's organizational culture typologies. The methodology was conducted via survey best practices in project management uses; being sent electronically. The study is orientated by a literature review regarding the American pragmatic school of organizational culture and the project management practices commonly used by project managers. This study presents as a result, in almost all culture typologies observed, a tendency to concentration using the practice PMBOK project management; although there are strong trend and perceived use about project management practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main objective of this study was to carry out an organizational culture diagnosis in a shipyard, verifying the alignment degree between personal and organizational values. For data collection, a structured questionnaire was adopted and it was answered by 104 employees. In this questionnaire, the employees pointed out the main values cultivated by the company and by themselves. The results showed that there is a significant misalignment between organizational and personal values and an organizational culture based on values that aim at the self-interest of the organization and not the common good. The background of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the diagnosis and management of the organizational culture. To provoke a reflection on the importance of a culture that aims at the common good and not only the financial interest for a select group; not as an altruistic thinking, but as a strategy for organizational sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an Integer Linear Programming model, which enables the scheduling of agents in call centers according to segmentation by skills, as well as the inclusion of labor law restrictions. The results from the experimental application of this method to situations involving real-time problems are presented, wherein the necessary shifts to meet forecasted demand are provided, in addition to an economically optimum combination of agents and skills, generating a solution, which is sufficient to maintain the desired level of service at the lowest cost possible. The approach proposed in this study presents an alternative worthy of consideration, since it is able to successfully incorporate the flexibility of call centers with skills-based routing in an easy-to-implement model that has proven to be effective in experiments conducted in on-the-job settings. Advances in information technology and telecommunications in recent years have increasingly heightened the presence of call centers in the day-to-day of companies and their customers. Call center management should endeavor to achieve a balance between technical performance and economic performance (labour costs, equipment, trunks and rates). It is estimated that 70% of the operating costs of call centers are currently related to labor costs. This paper provides research on how to significantly reduce personnel-related operational costs without negatively affecting the quality of the service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Trying to reach a consensus in a negotiation process can be a very complex problem involving multiple agents, conflicting points of view and criteria, pressure groups, etc. In this context imprecision and risk are quite often present. Tools for imprecision analysis and group decision aiding can be thus utilized in order to facilitate achieving a compromise. This article shows how fuzzy and rough sets, multiattribute utility theory, and prospect theory can be used in the analytical modeling embedded in negotiation support systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]