Decision Models in Engineering and Management (eBook)

Patricia Guarnieri belongs to the Faculty of Department of Business Administration, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brazil. She holds a Bachelor in Accounting by State University of West of Parana (Unioeste), Master in Production Engineering from Federal University of Technology of Parana (UTFPR), and Doctorate in Production Engineering from Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil. She is currently assistant professor and researcher at University of Brasilia, Brazil, teaching Logistics and Decision Analysis classes. She has several articles published in Brazilian and international events and journals. Her research interests include collaboration and partnerships in supply chain management; reverse logistics; environmental accounting; multicriteria decision aid and waste management.

Introduction.- Stochastic Cash Flow Management Models: A Literature Review since the 1980s.- Decision Models in Credit Risk Management.- A Review on the Dynamic Decision Models for Manufacturing and Supply Chain.- A Multi-criteria Decision Support System for Supplier Selection.- Decision Making Regarding Information Sharing in Partnerships with Suppliers.- Decision Model on Basic Sanitation Management using Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC).- The Impact of Environmental Regulation and some Strategies for Improving the Eco-efficiency of Brazilian Agriculture.