Quality of service ensuring in urban Solid Waste Management

Karadimas, NV; Loumos, VG; Mavrantza, OD

dc.contributor.author	Karadimas, NV	en
dc.contributor.author	Loumos, VG	en
dc.contributor.author	Mavrantza, OD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:42:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:42:56Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31143
dc.subject	Cost optimization	en
dc.subject	Geographic Information System	en
dc.subject	Global Positioning System	en
dc.subject	Modeling	en
dc.subject	Quality of Service	en
dc.subject	Simulation	en
dc.subject	Waste management	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Cost effectiveness	en
dc.subject.other	Data reduction	en
dc.subject.other	Geographic information systems	en
dc.subject.other	Global positioning system	en
dc.subject.other	Nonlinear programming	en
dc.subject.other	Quality of service	en
dc.subject.other	Solid wastes	en
dc.subject.other	Urban planning	en
dc.subject.other	Cost optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Spatio temporal analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Waste management	en
dc.title	Quality of service ensuring in urban Solid Waste Management	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/IS.2004.1344684	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IS.2004.1344684	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	In the present paper, a framework for the design and implementation of a system aiming to guarantee the quality of services for urban solid waste management is proposed. This system consists of a geo-referenced Spatial Database, built in the environment of a Geographic Information System (GIS), which includes all required parameters for waste management. These parameters involve point sources of waste collection, road network and related traffic data of the area under study, as well as the location and capacity of landfills, incinerators and recycling units. In addition dynamic data for population density, time schedule of labor workers, transportation facilities location measured by Global Positioning System (GPS), etc., are considered. Spatio-temporal analysis is implemented in order to represent the interrelations between urban growth, and consequently, increase of wastes and the collection-transport-disposal subsystems of waste management. The spatial database is accessed through a graphical user interface facilitating component entering and system operation simulation and monitoring. The user is able to input all required parameters, and to invoke a non-linear programming model for initial cost calculation and optimization by generating alternative scenarios. The main goals of the proposed system are the calculation of total cost for transport and disposal, for a specific scenario, the identification of the most cost-effective alternative scenario and the monitoring of its application. The end-users of the aforementioned system are the regional authorities and their requirements and needs for waste management are adopted in the design and implementation of this system.	en
heal.journalName	2004 2nd International IEEE Conference 'Intelligent Systems' - Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/IS.2004.1344684	en
dc.identifier.volume	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	288	en
dc.identifier.epage	292	en