Constructive Heuristics for Commercial Waste Collection with Time-Dependent Travel

Rebecca Hamm, Ahmed Kheiri, Tim Pigden

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Abstract

Commercial waste collection can be modelled as a vehicle routing problem with a high number of stops per route, corresponding to bins from individual customers. Retail collections may occur in pedestrian precincts, where access is restricted by time of day. Many commercial collections, particularly from retail areas, occur in highly congested zones, such as high streets. Therefore, modelling with time-of-day dependent travel speeds and turning time penalties (e.g., turning right onto a main road) is essential for accurate time estimation. This study aims to investigate heuristics to solve this problem, specifically using a cluster-first, route-second approach for construction heuristics based on graph partitioning of the road network. Problem instances have been generated, and promising results have been achieved.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Computational Intelligence Systems
Subtitle of host publicationContributions Presented at the 23rd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2024), September 2-4, 2024, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
EditorsHuiru Zheng, David Glass, Maurice Mulvenna, Jun Liu, Hui Wang
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages291-302
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783031788574
ISBN (Print)9783031788567
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2025
Event 23rd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence - Belfast, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Sept 20244 Sept 2024

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
PublisherSpringer
Volume1462
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Workshop

Workshop 23rd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence
Abbreviated titleUKCI 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBelfast
Period2/09/244/09/24

Keywords

  • optimisation
  • heuristics
  • routing
  • operations research

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