Waste collection is one of the targets of smart cities. It is a daily task in urban areas and it
entails the planning of waste truck routes, taking into account environmental, economic and …

Smart cities are the next step in human habitation. In this context the proliferation of sensors
and actuators within the Internet of Things (IoT) concept creates a real opportunity for …

Waste collection is nowadays an increasingly important business. However, it is often an
inefficient operation due to the high uncertainty associated with the real waste bins' fill …

The exponentially growing population, urbanization, and economic development have led to
the rising generation of municipal solid waste. Municipal solid waste management is thus a …

During the last decade, metaheuristics have become increasingly popular for effectively
confronting difficult combinatorial optimization problems. In the present paper, two individual …

Collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) may account for more than 70% of the total waste
management budget, most of which is for fuel costs. It is therefore crucial to optimise the …

Waste Management (WM) represents an important part of Smart Cities (SCs) with significant
impact on modern societies. WM involves a set of processes ranging from waste collection to …

The accelerated movement of people towards cities led to the fact that the world's urban
population is now growing by 60-million persons per year. The increased number of cities' …

Purpose–The high costs of collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) on
the overall waste management budget (sometimes more than 75 per cent) makes it an issue …

Cities around the world are on the run to become smarter. Some of these have seen an
opportunity on deploying dedicated municipal access networks to support all types of city …