Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.

One way to generate a higher recycling rate is to handle materials recovery efficiently. Conventional recycling schemes require the recylates to be "clean", i.e. separated prior to coming into the material recovery facility (MRF). However, it is inconvenient to pre-sort their recyclates....

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Main Author: Ignatius, Joshua
Format: Monograph
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/32882/
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description One way to generate a higher recycling rate is to handle materials recovery efficiently. Conventional recycling schemes require the recylates to be "clean", i.e. separated prior to coming into the material recovery facility (MRF). However, it is inconvenient to pre-sort their recyclates. To solve this problem, we propose multiple bins to be assigned to each personnel to maximize conveyor belt usage.We model the unload-and-switch cycle through a 2-nested routing problem. A numerical example validates the approach.
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spelling usm-328822017-08-29T02:09:39Z http://eprints.usm.my/32882/ Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations. Ignatius, Joshua QA1-939 Mathematics One way to generate a higher recycling rate is to handle materials recovery efficiently. Conventional recycling schemes require the recylates to be "clean", i.e. separated prior to coming into the material recovery facility (MRF). However, it is inconvenient to pre-sort their recyclates. To solve this problem, we propose multiple bins to be assigned to each personnel to maximize conveyor belt usage.We model the unload-and-switch cycle through a 2-nested routing problem. A numerical example validates the approach. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Ignatius, Joshua (2015) Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
spellingShingle QA1-939 Mathematics
Ignatius, Joshua
Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title_full Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title_fullStr Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title_full_unstemmed Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title_short Designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
title_sort designing optimal routing solutions for logistic operations.
topic QA1-939 Mathematics
url http://eprints.usm.my/32882/