| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Chem, Adriana Cristina
;
Goncalves Vianna, Andrea Carla
;
Ramos, Romulo Pimentel
;
Fiorentino, Helenice de Oliveira
Total Authors: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | CIENTIA AGRICOL; v. 76, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2019-07-01. |
| Abstract | |
Brazil is the largest sugarcane producer in the world and the leader in the production of sugar and ethanol. Although sugarcane has become an important factor in the Brazilian economy, cultivation has presented many issues, for example, the problems due to burning before the manual harvest. The Brazilian authorities have approved a law that prohibits this practice and mechanized harvesting has thus become the most fitting approach. Given this development, areas for sugarcane plantation must be properly rebuilt to accommodate the new way of harvesting. The main characteristic demanded of sugarcane plots to use harvesting machines is that they must be rectangular. In the present paper, we propose a methodology for dividing the plantation area into plots and planning their allocation so as to accommodate mechanized harvesting. In view of the requirement for plots to be rectangular, we represented this problem as a two-dimensional cutting problem, and to find a solution we adopted the AND/OR graph approach. The computational experiments were conducted using real cases, and the proposed strategy was shown to perform well. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/01604-0 - A multiobjective methodology for renewable energy |
| Grantee: | Helenice de Oliveira Florentino Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/03066-8 - Aplications of the one-dimensional cutting stock problem with usable leftovers and two-dimensional cutting stock problem |
| Grantee: | Adriana Cristina Cherri |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |