Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Adriano S.
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Alves, Filipe, Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis, Rocha, Ana Maria A.C., Pereira, Ana I., Silva, Adrián, Gomes, Helder
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/27261
Resumo: Population in cities is growing worldwide, which puts the systems that offer basic services to citizens under pressure. Among these systems, the Municipal Solid Waste Management System (MSWMS) is also affected. Waste collection and transportation is the first task in an MSWMS, carried out traditionally in most cases. This approach leads to inefficient resource and time expense since routes are prescheduled or defined upon drivers’ choices. The waste collection is recognized as an NP-hard problem that can be modeled as a Capacitated Waste Collection Problem (CWCP). Despite the good quality of works currently available in the literature, the execution time of algorithms is often forgotten, and faster algorithms are required to increase the feasibility of the solutions found. In this paper, we show the performance of the open-source Google OR-Tools to solve the CWCP in Bragança, Portugal (inland city). The three metaheuristics available in this tool were able to reduce significantly the cost associated with waste collection in less than 2 s of execution time. The result obtained in this work proves the applicability of the OR-Tools to be explored for waste collection problems considering bigger systems. Furthermore, the fast response can be useful for developing new platforms for dynamic vehicle routing problems that represent scenarios closer to the real one. We anticipate the proven efficacy of OR-Tools to solve CWCP as the starting point of developments toward applying optimization algorithms to solve real and dynamic problems.
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spelling Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source toolWaste collectionMunicipal solid wasteWaste managementVehicle routing problemRoute optimizationGoogle OR-ToolPopulation in cities is growing worldwide, which puts the systems that offer basic services to citizens under pressure. Among these systems, the Municipal Solid Waste Management System (MSWMS) is also affected. Waste collection and transportation is the first task in an MSWMS, carried out traditionally in most cases. This approach leads to inefficient resource and time expense since routes are prescheduled or defined upon drivers’ choices. The waste collection is recognized as an NP-hard problem that can be modeled as a Capacitated Waste Collection Problem (CWCP). Despite the good quality of works currently available in the literature, the execution time of algorithms is often forgotten, and faster algorithms are required to increase the feasibility of the solutions found. In this paper, we show the performance of the open-source Google OR-Tools to solve the CWCP in Bragança, Portugal (inland city). The three metaheuristics available in this tool were able to reduce significantly the cost associated with waste collection in less than 2 s of execution time. The result obtained in this work proves the applicability of the OR-Tools to be explored for waste collection problems considering bigger systems. Furthermore, the fast response can be useful for developing new platforms for dynamic vehicle routing problems that represent scenarios closer to the real one. We anticipate the proven efficacy of OR-Tools to solve CWCP as the starting point of developments toward applying optimization algorithms to solve real and dynamic problems.This work has been supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the R&D Units Project Scope: UIDB/05757/2020, UIDP/05757/2020, UIDB/00690/2020, UIDB/50020/2020, and LA/P/0007/2021. Adriano Silva was supported by FCT-MIT Portugal PhD grant SFRH/BD/151346/2021, and Filipe Alves was supported by FCT PhD grant SFRH/BD/143745/2019.Biblioteca Digital do IPBSilva, Adriano S.Alves, FilipeDíaz de Tuesta, Jose LuisRocha, Ana Maria A.C.Pereira, Ana I.Silva, AdriánGomes, Helder2023-02-27T16:51:10Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/27261engSilva, Adriano S.; Alves, Filipe; Diaz de Tuesta, José Luis; Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.; Pereira, Ana I.; Silva, Adrián M.T.; Gomes, Helder (2023). Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool. Computers. 12, p. 1-1210.3390/computers12010015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-21T11:00:29Zoai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/27261Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:17:36.016217Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
title Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
spellingShingle Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
Silva, Adriano S.
Waste collection
Municipal solid waste
Waste management
Vehicle routing problem
Route optimization
Google OR-Tool
title_short Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
title_full Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
title_fullStr Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
title_full_unstemmed Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
title_sort Capacitated waste collection problem solution using an open-source tool
author Silva, Adriano S.
author_facet Silva, Adriano S.
Alves, Filipe
Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis
Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.
Pereira, Ana I.
Silva, Adrián
Gomes, Helder
author_role author
author2 Alves, Filipe
Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis
Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.
Pereira, Ana I.
Silva, Adrián
Gomes, Helder
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Biblioteca Digital do IPB
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Adriano S.
Alves, Filipe
Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis
Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.
Pereira, Ana I.
Silva, Adrián
Gomes, Helder
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Waste collection
Municipal solid waste
Waste management
Vehicle routing problem
Route optimization
Google OR-Tool
topic Waste collection
Municipal solid waste
Waste management
Vehicle routing problem
Route optimization
Google OR-Tool
description Population in cities is growing worldwide, which puts the systems that offer basic services to citizens under pressure. Among these systems, the Municipal Solid Waste Management System (MSWMS) is also affected. Waste collection and transportation is the first task in an MSWMS, carried out traditionally in most cases. This approach leads to inefficient resource and time expense since routes are prescheduled or defined upon drivers’ choices. The waste collection is recognized as an NP-hard problem that can be modeled as a Capacitated Waste Collection Problem (CWCP). Despite the good quality of works currently available in the literature, the execution time of algorithms is often forgotten, and faster algorithms are required to increase the feasibility of the solutions found. In this paper, we show the performance of the open-source Google OR-Tools to solve the CWCP in Bragança, Portugal (inland city). The three metaheuristics available in this tool were able to reduce significantly the cost associated with waste collection in less than 2 s of execution time. The result obtained in this work proves the applicability of the OR-Tools to be explored for waste collection problems considering bigger systems. Furthermore, the fast response can be useful for developing new platforms for dynamic vehicle routing problems that represent scenarios closer to the real one. We anticipate the proven efficacy of OR-Tools to solve CWCP as the starting point of developments toward applying optimization algorithms to solve real and dynamic problems.
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