DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC VEHICLES ROUTING FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION

Abstract

The paper discusses the problem of waste collection in urban areas. This problem is solved as a vehicle routing problem - VRP. VRP belongs to the class of NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. Waste collection is one of the sub-functions of waste management and has the highest costs in the entire management system. The main goal of developing a conceptual model for waste collection in urban areas is the optimization of costs incurred during waste collection and transportation. The model is based on the application of information and communication technologies.