A mathematical model for the municipal solid waste location-routing problem with intermediate transfer stations

Authors

• Hossein Asefi, The University of New South WalesFollow
• Samsung Lim, The University of New South WalesFollow
• Mojtaba Maghrebi, The University of New South WalesFollow

Document Type

Research on Business Analytics Applications

Abstract

Municipal solid waste management is one of the challenging issues in mega cities due to various interrelated factors such as operational costs and environmental concerns. Cost as one of the most significant constraints of municipal solid waste management can be effectively economized by efficient planning approaches. Considering diverse waste types in an integrated municipal solid waste system, a mathematical model of the location-routing problem is formulated and solved in this study in order to minimize the total cost of transportation and facility establishment.

Recommended Citation

Asefi, Hossein; Lim, Samsung; and Maghrebi, Mojtaba (2015) "A mathematical model for the municipal solid waste location-routing problem with intermediate transfer stations," The Australasian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 19: No. 1, Article 25.
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v19i0.1151
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ajis/vol19/iss1/25