A simheuristic algorithm for time-dependent waste collection management with stochastic travel times

Autor segons l'article: Juan, Angel A.; Calvet, Laura; Pérez-Navarro, Antoni; Gruler, Aljoscha

Paraules clau: Waste collection management

Resum: A major operational task in city logistics is related to waste collection. Due to large problem sizes and numerous constraints, the optimization of real-life waste collection problems on a daily basis requires the use of metaheuristic solving frameworks to generate near-optimal collection routes in low computation times. This paper presents a simheuristic algorithm for the time-dependent waste collection problem with stochastic travel times. By combining Monte Carlo simulation with a biased randomized iterated local search metaheuristic, time-varying and stochastic travel speeds between different network nodes are accounted for. The algorithm is tested using real instances in a medium-sized city in Spain.

Any de publicació de la revista: 2020

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