Authors
Gianpaolo Ghiani, Demetrio Laganà, Emanuele Manni, Roberto Musmanno, Daniele Vigo
Publication date
2014/4/1
Source
Computers & Operations Research
Volume
44
Pages
22-32
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
Solid waste management (SWM) is an increasingly complex task, absorbing a huge amount of resources and having a major environmental impact. Computerized systems based on operations research techniques can help decision makers to achieve remarkable cost savings as well as to improve waste recovery. Nevertheless, the literature is quite scattered and disorganized. The objective of this paper is to present an updated survey of the most relevant operations research literature on SWM, mainly focusing on strategic and tactical issues. In addition to providing an extensive bibliographic coverage, we describe the relationships between the various problems, and outline future research.
Scholar articles
G Ghiani, D Laganà, E Manni, R Musmanno, D Vigo - Computers & Operations Research, 2014