CardNutri: A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation

Rafaela P.C. Moreira; Elizabeth F. Wanner; Flávio V.C. Martins; João F.M. Sarubbi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59

CardNutri: A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation

Rafaela P.C. Moreira^*, Elizabeth F. Wanner, Flávio V.C. Martins, João F.M. Sarubbi

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College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Abstract

This paper aims to present and evaluate a software that uses an evolutionary strategy to design weekly nutritional menus for School Feeding. The software ensures the nutritional needs of students and also minimizes the total cost of the menu. We based our nutritional needs on the Brazilian National School Feeding Programme (PNAE). This program takes into account: (i) the age of the student; (ii) some preparations issues as color, consistency and, variety; and also (iii) the maximum amount to be paid per meal. Our software generates, in less than five minutes, a set of menus, and the nutritionist can choose the menu that suits his/her best. We evaluate our algorithm using the Weighted-Sum approach, and our results show that the obtained 5-days menus using the proposed methodology not only comply with the restrictions imposed by the authorities but also produce inexpensive and healthy menus. We also appraise the software itself using an opinion pool among nine nutritionists. The professionals considered our software above expectations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Pages	897-913
Number of pages	17
Volume	10784 LNCS
ISBN (Print)	9783319775371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59
Publication status	Published - 8 Mar 2018
Event	21st International Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2018 - parma, Italy Duration: 4 Apr 2018 → 6 Apr 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10784 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	parma
Period	4/04/18 → 6/04/18

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© 2018 Springer Publishing. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Applications of Evolutionary Computation. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59.

Funding: CEFET-MG, CNPq, FAPEMIG and CAPES.

Keywords

Evolutionary computation
Food technology
Menu Planning
Public health informatics
School feeding

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Moreira, R. P. C., Wanner, E. F., Martins, F. V. C., & Sarubbi, J. F. M. (2018). CardNutri: A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation. In Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings (Vol. 10784 LNCS, pp. 897-913). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10784 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59

Moreira, Rafaela P.C. ; Wanner, Elizabeth F. ; Martins, Flávio V.C. et al. / CardNutri : A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation. Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings. Vol. 10784 LNCS Springer, 2018. pp. 897-913 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Moreira, RPC, Wanner, EF, Martins, FVC & Sarubbi, JFM 2018, CardNutri: A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation. in Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings. vol. 10784 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10784 LNCS, Springer, pp. 897-913, 21st International Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2018, parma, Italy, 4/04/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59

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Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings. Vol. 10784 LNCS Springer, 2018. p. 897-913 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10784 LNCS).

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Moreira RPC, Wanner EF, Martins FVC, Sarubbi JFM. CardNutri: A Software of Weekly Menus Nutritional Elaboration for Scholar Feeding Applying Evolutionary Computation. In Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 21st International Conference, EvoApplications 2018, Proceedings. Vol. 10784 LNCS. Springer. 2018. p. 897-913. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_59

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