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Collection of Municipal Solid Waste by Clustering of Dynamic Nodes for Vehicle Path Optimization

  • P. Sughosh*
  • , G. Savitha
  • , S. Girisha
  • , S. B. Dattatreya
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a critical factor that governs the overall cost of the MSW management system. With the help of various technological interventions, optimal usage of available resources could bring about a considerable amount of savings. In this study, an attempt has been made to optimize the MSW collection vehicle route path to reduce the fuel, distance, and overall workload in local municipalities by adopting dynamic graph modeling. The optimization problem is addressed from three different perspectives, namely, (a) analyzing the dynamic nature of the user requests, (b) the influence of the number of waste collection vehicles available in a given area, and (c) determining the optimum number of vehicles for which the overall cost is minimized. Relevant simulation studies are carried out to validate the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Civil Engineering - Select Proceedings of CTCS 2021
EditorsLakshman Nandagiri, M.C. Narasimhan, Shriram Marathe
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1061-1070
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789811918612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability, CTCS 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 19-11-202120-11-2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume256
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability, CTCS 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period19-11-2120-11-21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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