Development of an application for programming crop rotations

• Grant number: 06/06506-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2007
• End date: January 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering - Operational Research
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Nereu Arenales
• Grantee: Juliana Martinelli
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is related to the development of computational tools to support decision maker for planning programming of crop rotation in land divided into several adjacent areas. The 0-1 optimization model used to solve the problem considers time windows constraints and diversity which are fundamental to organic cultivations.