Análise da Utilização de Métodos Quantitativos em Artigos na Engenharia de Produção

Resumo (EN)

The objective of this dissertation is to present an analysis of the use of quantitative methods in periodics on Industrial Engineering in Brazil. Thus, the survey of such methods through the analysis of the content of the works is presented. It is aimed to understand how frequently appear in articles the mathematical techniques for data and information handling, with focus in the use of quantitative methods. Moreover, each article was classified in accordance with the sub-areas of knowledge defined by the Brazilian Association of Industrial Engineering (ABEPRO). In the election of the work material, it was searched the periodics edited by important institutions of the area of Industrial Engineering in the country, representative of the Brazilian scientific production in this area, including four periodics, enclosing 326 articles. The used metodologic boarding was a set of actions, based on bibliographical, descriptive and exploratory research, aiming at to congregate the data and to catalogue them for the statistical treatment and elaboration of the results. The idea is to understand better how the researchers use the data raised during the scientific work, how they take off its conclusions, how they contribute for the knowledge in the sector. The results are in tables, contending the heading of the article, the date of its publication (publication month, number of the volume, ...), the names of its authors, the founded classification of the knowledge sub-area and quantitative methods in the article. It were identified also the more used quantitative methods, as well as those which represent theoretical issues less known.