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Main Title Routing of Solid Waste Collection Vehicles. Appendix B: Optimal Routing of Solid Waste Collection Vehicles.
Author Liebman, Jon C. ; Wathne., Magne ;
CORP Author Illinois Univ., Urbana.;National Environmental Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Solid and Hazardous Waste Research Lab.
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA-R-801289; EPA-ROAP-02AAE-04; EPA/670/2-74-035b;
Stock Number PB-239 897
Additional Subjects Solid waste disposal ; Collection ; Transportation ; Routing ; Management planning ; Urban planning ; Hauling ; Trucks ; Numerical analysis ; Refuse disposal ; Linear programming ; Algorithms ; Traffic regulations ; Computer aided analysis
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NTIS  PB-239 897 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
This study is applying network theory to the problem of routing a solid waste collection vehicle through a street network. It is centered on the development of an algorithm to find the minimum tour of a vehicle which has to complete a round trip through a network consisting of both one-way and two-way streets. It is the total length of the tour which is sought rather than the detailed and chronologic schedule of the vehicle. This tour is found by minimizing the total length of street segments which have to be retraced. The problem can be described mathematically as a linear program whose optimal solution is guaranteed to be integer.