Simultaneous personnel and vehicle shift scheduling in the waste management sector
Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Publié dans: | Waste management (New York, N.Y.). - 1999. - 33(2013), 7 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 1589-94 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2013
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| Accès à la collection: | Waste management (New York, N.Y.) |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Résumé: | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Urban waste management is becoming an increasingly complex task, absorbing a huge amount of resources, and having a major environmental impact. The design of a waste management system consists in various activities, and one of these is related to the definition of shift schedules for both personnel and vehicles. This activity has a great incidence on the tactical and operational cost for companies. In this paper, we propose an integer programming model to find an optimal solution to the integrated problem. The aim is to determine optimal schedules at minimum cost. Moreover, we design a fast and effective heuristic to face large-size problems. Both approaches are tested on data from a real-world case in Southern Italy and compared to the current practice utilized by the company managing the service, showing that simultaneously solving these problems can lead to significant monetary savings |
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| Description: | Date Completed 06.01.2014 Date Revised 02.12.2018 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1879-2456 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.04.001 |