2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198043We study the signature change in a perfect fluid Friedmann-Robertson-Walker quantum cosmological model. In this work the Schutz's variational formalism is applied to recover the notion of time. This gives rise to a Schrodinger-Wheeler-DeWitt equation with arbitrary ordering for the scale factor. We use the eigenfunctions in order to construct wave packets and evaluate the time-dependent expectation value of the scale factor which coincides with the ontological interpretation. We show that these solutions exhibit signature transitions from a finite Euclidean to a Lorentzian domain. Moreover, such models are equivalent to a classical system where, besides the perfect fluid, a repulsive fluid is present.15 pages, 4 figures, to appear in PRDGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologySignature change from Schutz's canonical quantum cosmology and its classical analoguetext