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A multiperiod household waste collection system for a set of rural islands with dynamic transfer port selection

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The design of a household waste collection system must integrate decisions related to planning and control of all related operations, which may generate significant economic impacts to the organization responsible of addressing the problem as well as social impacts to involved communities. This study proposed a mixed integer linear programming model with multiple periods, which aims at designing a household waste collection system for a set of rural islands according to a set of visit patterns with a single barge for a multiple period planning horizon. The proposed model simultaneously optimizes the selection of collection sites or ports for each island and a mainland transfer port to unload the collected household waste along with a set of daily visit sequences associated with the selected ports, while minimizing total waste transportation costs. The proposed model is applied to a particular rural archipelago in southern Chile. The model solution provides an efficient waste collection system design that addresses a current ecological and health problems in the studied area.

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Appendix

Appendix

Matrix Distance Between Nodes (Ports).

Ports

Dalcahue

Dal puerto

Quemchi

Quellón

Coldita

Añihué

Tac

Llingua

Meulín

Quenac

Caguache

Apiao

Chaulinec

Dalcahue

0

0

0

0

82

20

23

13

16

17

23

27

25

Dal puerto

0

0

0

0

82

20

23

13

16

17

23

27

25

Quemchi

0

0

0

154

166

33

40

62

59

59

68.4

53

56

Quellón

0

0

154

0

14

164

153

150

146

139

138

129

119

Coldita

82

82

166

14

0

69

65

62

66

64

57.3

52

53

Añihué

20

20

33

164

69

0

5.1

14

6.7

9.5

12.9

17

20

Tac

23

23

40

153

65

5.1

0

19

11

17

11.3

14

18

Llingua

13

13

62

150

62

14

19

0

9.3

5.6

11.3

16

20

Meulín

16

16

59

146

66

6.7

11

9.3

0

4.6

9.3

14

18

Quenac

17

17

59

139

64

9.5

17

5.6

4.6

0

5.9

11

14

Caguache

23

23

68

138

57

13

11

11

9.3

5.9

0

5.4

8.9

Apiao

27

27

53

129

52

17

14

16

14

11

5.4

0

4.1

Chaulinec

25

25

56

119

53

20

18

20

18

14

8.9

4.1

0

Alao

24

24

52

121

53

21

19

20

18

15

9.4

5.1

1.6

Aulén

63

63

189

252

101

44

41

57

57

55

54.8

61

59

Chelín 1

15

15

45

137

69

30

34

20

25

22

16.2

15

11

Chelín 2

19

19

51

138

62

28

32

19

24

20

13.8

14

10

Quehui 1

21

21

52

139

61

27

33

19

24

21

14.6

15

11

Quehui 2

20

20

53

139

60

27

32

18

23

20

13.7

14

10

Cailín 1

70

70

151

2.8

8.4

70

74

61

66

62

57.7

56

52

Cailín 2

71

71

156

7.4

9.8

72

76

62

67

64

59.1

57

54

Laitec 1

83

83

172

20

3.7

73

69

70

69

65

59.9

53

53

Laitec 2

77

77

163

6.4

2.8

67

63

68

66

64

55.2

47

48

Caucahué 1

30

30

3.1

194

92

21

22

25

20

22

27.6

31

35

Caucahué 2

25

25

7

190

87

16

17

20

15

17

22.9

26

30

Mechuque 1

22

22

27

170

70

3.6

7.7

16

11

14

17.6

21

25

Mechuque 2

20

20

33

170

71

3.5

7.9

13

9.3

12

16.7

20

24

Lin Lin 1

10

10

55

152

65

9.7

13

8.8

6.8

7

13.7

19

22

Lin Lin 2

11

11

49

149

63

11

14

4.5

5.5

5.7

11.3

16

20

Ayacara Buill 1

39

39

63

194

74

21

18

35

33

29

29.2

35

36

Ayacara Buill 2

43

43

76

189

74

29

23

34

32

27

28.2

31

30

Tranqui 1

43

43

99

62

42

47

52

33

38

36

29.8

29

25

Tranqui 2

54

54

116

45

28

57

63

44

49

47

40.5

39

35

Tranqui 3

57

57

123

38

24

60

67

47

52

50

43.5

42

38

Butachauques 1

29

29

32

170

73

10

9.8

24

18

22

18.2

22

26

Butachauques 2

31

31

35

173

74

12

12

27

19

24

23.5

27

31

Butachauques 3

32

32

35

176

75

12

12

28

22

25

23.7

28

32

Ports

Alao

Aulén

Chelín 1

Chelín 2

Quehui 1

Quehui 2

Cailín 1

Cailín 2

Laitec 1

Laitec 2

Caucahué 1

Caucahué 2

Dalcahue

24

63.4

15

19

21

20

70

71

83

77

30

25

Dal puerto

24

63.4

15

19

21

20

70

71

83

77

30

25

Quemchi

52

189

45

51

52

53

151

156

172

163

3.1

7

Quellón

121

252

137

138

139

139

2.8

7.4

20

6.4

194

190

Coldita

53

101

69

62

61

60

8.4

9.8

3.7

2.8

92

87

Añihué

21

43.5

30

28

27

27

70

72

73

67

21

16

Tac

19

41.4

34

32

33

32

74

76

69

63

22

17

Llingua

20

56.5

20

19

19

18

61

62

70

68

25

20

Meulín

18

57.4

25

24

24

23

66

67

69

66

20

15

Quenac

15

55.1

22

20

21

20

62

64

65

64

22

17

Caguache

9.4

54.8

16

14

15

14

58

59

60

55

28

23

Apiao

5.1

61.2

15

14

15

14

56

57

53

47

31

26

Chaulinec

1.6

59.2

11

10

11

10

52

54

53

48

35

30

Alao

0

57.6

11

9.4

10

9.5

52

53

54

49

35

31

Aulén

58

0

71

71

72

71

96

98

103

96

44

39

Chelín 1

11

71.4

0

5

5.9

5.3

58

60

72

63

41

37

Chelín 2

9.4

70.9

5

0

1.6

1

55

56

64

59

39

35

Quehui 1

10

72

5.9

1.6

0

0.9

54

56

64

59

38

34

Quehui 2

9.5

71.1

5.3

1

0.9

0

53

55

63

58

37

33

Cailín 1

52

96.2

58

55

54

53

0

1.9

11

5.7

82

78

Cailín 2

53

97.6

60

56

56

55

1.9

0

13

7.1

84

80

Laitec 1

54

103

72

64

64

63

11

13

0

6

87

84

Laitec 2

49

96.1

63

59

59

58

5.7

7.1

6

0

83

79

Caucahué 1

35

44

41

39

38

37

82

84

87

83

0

4.7

Caucahué 2

31

39.3

37

35

34

33

78

80

84

79

4.7

0

Mechuque 1

26

45.3

33

32

31

30

71

72

74

68

13

8.3

Mechuque 2

25

48.5

29

28

28

27

70

72

75

68

15

11

Lin Lin 1

23

52.9

24

23

23

22

65

67

73

72

20

15

Lin Lin 2

20

54.3

21

22

22

21

63

65

71

70

21

16

Ayacara Buill 1

35

36.4

46

44

46

45

73

74

76

70

35

31

Ayacara Buill 2

34

44.9

44

43

45

44

72

73

75

69

44

39

Tranqui 1

24

76

33

26

27

26

35

37

45

40

58

54

Tranqui 2

35

86.7

44

35

36

35

22

24

30

25

69

65

Tranqui 3

38

89.7

45

38

39

39

18

20

27

21

72

68

Butachauques 1

27

34.1

40

37

38

37

80

81

78

71

17

13

Butachauques 2

32

36.6

42

39

40

39

82

83

79

72

19

14

Butachauques 3

32

36.9

42

38

38

37

82

83

79

73

19

14

Ports

Mechuque 1

Mechuque 2

Lin Lin 1

Lin Lin 2

Ayacara Buill 1

Ayacara Buill 2

Tranqui 1

Tranqui 2

Tranqui 3

Butachauques 1

Butachauques 2

Butachauques 3

Dalcahue

22

20

9.8

11

39

43

43

54

57

29

31

32

Dal puerto

22

20

9.8

11

39

43

43

54

57

29

31

32

Quemchi

27

33

55

49

63

76

99

116

123

32

35

35

Quellón

170

170

152

149

194

189

62

45

38

170

173

176

Coldita

70

71

65

63

74

74

42

28

24

73

74

75

Añihué

3.6

3.5

9.7

11

21

29

47

57

60

10

12

12

Tac

7.7

7.9

13

14

18

23

52

63

67

9.8

12

12

Llingua

16

13

8.8

4.5

35

34

33

44

47

24

27

28

Meulín

11

9.3

6.8

5.5

33

32

38

49

52

18

19

22

Quenac

14

12

7

5.7

29

27

36

47

50

22

24

25

Caguache

18

17

14

11

29

28

30

41

44

18

24

24

Apiao

21

20

19

16

35

31

29

39

42

22

27

28

Chaulinec

25

24

22

20

36

30

25

35

38

26

31

32

Alao

26

25

23

20

35

34

24

35

38

27

32

32

Aulén

45

49

53

54

36

45

76

87

90

34

37

37

Chelín 1

33

29

24

21

46

44

33

44

45

40

42

42

Chelín 2

32

28

23

22

44

43

26

35

38

37

39

38

Quehui 1

31

28

23

22

46

45

27

36

39

38

40

38

Quehui 2

30

27

22

21

45

44

26

35

39

37

39

37

Cailín 1

71

70

65

63

73

72

35

22

18

80

82

82

Cailín 2

72

72

67

65

74

73

37

24

20

81

83

83

Laitec 1

74

75

73

71

76

75

45

30

27

78

79

79

Laitec 2

68

68

72

70

70

69

40

25

21

71

72

73

Caucahué 1

13

15

20

21

35

44

58

69

72

17

19

19

Caucahué 2

8.3

11

15

16

31

39

54

65

68

13

14

14

Mechuque 1

0

3.6

12

13

23

32

50

60

63

11

12

12

Mechuque 2

3.6

0

9.1

10

26

35

46

57

60

11

12

12

Lin Lin 1

12

9.1

0

3.4

30

36

37

48

51

20

22

23

Lin Lin 2

13

10

3.4

0

31

36

35

46

49

21

23

24

Ayacara Buill 1

23

26

30

31

0

4

51

62

65

21

22

23

Ayacara Buill 2

32

35

36

36

4

0

51

62

65

25

27

27

Tranqui 1

50

46

37

35

51

51

0

10

13

55

57

57

Tranqui 2

60

57

48

46

62

62

10

0

4.7

66

68

68

Tranqui 3

63

60

51

49

65

65

13

4.7

0

69

71

71

Butachauques 1

11

11

20

21

21

25

55

66

69

0

1.6

2

Butachauques 2

12

12

22

23

22

27

57

68

71

1.6

0

1.8

Butachauques 3

12

12

23

24

23

27

57

68

71

2

1.8

0

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Zambra-Rivera, M., Miranda-González, P.A. & Blazquez, C.A. A multiperiod household waste collection system for a set of rural islands with dynamic transfer port selection. Optim Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-023-09862-4

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