Study goals
The aim of this article is to structure the pedagogical guidelines of the Production Engineering course at a Brazilian University that has more than 20 groups enrolled in this course, in order to integrate Industry 4.0 into the curriculum.
Relevance / originality
The originality of this article is the presentation of the pedagogical guidelines of the Production Engineering course and its objectives in an interrelated way, measuring this integration of graph theory.
Methodology / approach
The nature of the research can be classified as qualitative, with an exploratory methodological approach, carried out through a systematic literature review. The methods used were content analysis and bibliometrics of articles and reviews on the subject.
Main results
The nature of the research can be classified as qualitative, with an exploratory methodological approach, carried out through a systematic literature review. The methods used were content analysis and bibliometrics of articles and reviews on the subject.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
As theoretical and social contributions, it can be observed that graph theory studies the existing relationships between different elements observed, and can be applied in, basically, any case that needs a better organization and understanding of the data.
Social / management contributions
Como contribuições teóricas e sociais, pode-se observar que a teoria de grafos estuda as relações existentes entre diversos elementos observados, podendo ser aplicada em, basicamente, qualquer caso que necessite de uma melhor organização e compreensão dos dados.