Urban solid waste collection system using mathematical modelling and tools of geographic information systems

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-363

  Arribas, Claudia Andrea ^a   Blazquez, Carola Alejandra ^a   Lamas, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Clusterisation; Cost effectiveness; GIS; Local search heuristic; Solid waste collection; Waste management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION SYSTEMS; COLLECTION TIME; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMISATION; COST SAVING; GIS; LOCAL SEARCH HEURISTIC; LOCAL SEARCH HEURISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; STUDY CASE; TRANSPORT COSTS; VEHICLE FLEETS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FLEET OPERATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

CHILE; CITIES; COST SAVINGS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 77951160177     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09353435     Document Type: Article

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