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A hybrid machine learning-mathematical programming optimization approach for municipal solid waste management during the pandemic
Summary
Researchers combined machine learning forecasting with mathematical supply-chain optimization to model municipal solid waste management in New York City under COVID-19 conditions, revealing trade-offs between economic efficiency and landfill diversion that could inform planning for future pandemic scenarios.
UNLABELLED: This paper provides a mathematical optimization strategy for optimal municipal solid waste management in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. This strategy integrates two approaches: optimization and machine learning models. First, the optimization model determines the optimal supply chain for the municipal waste management system. Then, machine learning prediction models estimate the required parameters over time, which helps generate future projections for the proposed strategy. The optimization model was coded in the General Algebraic Modeling System, while the prediction model was coded in the Python programming environment. A case study of New York City was addressed to evaluate the proposed strategy, which includes extensive socioeconomic data sets to train the machine learning model. We found the predicted waste collection over time based on the socioeconomic data. The results show trade-offs between the economic (profit) and environmental (waste sent to landfill) objectives for future scenarios, which can be helpful for possible pandemic scenarios in the following years. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-023-03354-2.
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