Based on Improved NSGA-II Algorithm for Solving Time-Dependent Green Vehicle Routing Problem of Urban Waste Removal with the Consideration of Traffic Congestion: A Case Study in China

• Published in: Systems (Basel) 2023-04, Vol.11 (4), p.173
• Main Authors: Gao, Zhenhua, Xu, Xinyu, Hu, Yuhuan, Wang, Hongjun, Zhou, Chunliu, Zhang, Hongliang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Algorithms; Analysis; Carbon; carbon emissions; Case studies; Decision making; Economic impact; Emissions (Pollution); Energy consumption; Evolutionary computation; Garbage collection; Genetic algorithms; Heuristic; Household wastes; improved NSGA-II algorithm; Medical wastes; Municipal waste management; Operating costs; Refuse and refuse disposal; Route optimization; Route selection; Sanitation services; Solid waste management; Solid wastes; Time dependence; time-dependent; Traffic congestion; Transportation; Travel; Travel time; Traveling salesman problem; Vehicle routing; vehicle routing problem for garbage collection; Vehicles
• ISSN: 2079-8954; 2079-8954
• DOI: 10.3390/systems11040173

The dense population and the large amount of domestic waste generated make it difficult to determine the best route and departure time for waste removal trucks in a city. Aiming at the problems of municipal solid waste (MSW) removal and transportation not in time, high collection and transportation costs and high carbon emissions, this paper studies the vehicle routing problem of municipal solid waste removal under the influence of time-dependent travel time, traffic congestion and carbon emissions. In this paper, a dual objective model with the lowest total economic cost and the highest garbage removal efficiency is established, and a DCD-DE-NSGAII algorithm based on Dynamic Crowding Distance and Differential Evolution is designed to improve the search ability, improve the convergence speed and increase the diversity of the optimal solution set. The results show that: according to the actual situation of garbage collection and transportation, the method can scientifically plan the garbage collection and transportation route, give a reasonable garbage collection scheme and departure time, and effectively avoid traffic congestion time; Through algorithm comparison, the algorithm and model proposed in this paper can reduce collection and transportation costs, improve transportation efficiency and reduce environmental pollution.