TITLE:
A multi-echelon vehicle routing problem for waste wood collection and processing
ABSTRACT:
Wood waste from construction and demolition sites or industrial processing can be recovered and transformed into valuable products. However, since this waste comes from various sources, it requires certain pre-processing steps before actual remanufacturing. The first step is the collection and transport of the waste from collection points, construction sites and industrial facilities to the processing facilities. Once there, the material has to undergo pre-processing steps (sorting, cleaning/decontamination) before it can be manufactured into a new product. Finally, the finished products are transported to their final destination, such as customers.
This presentation focuses on the problem of optimizing collection and transport of wood waste to pre-processing and processing facilities, as well as the distribution of final products to customers. The above optimization question will be modelled as a vehicle routing problem (VRP) with multiple echelons.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Milan Milivojčević is a second-year Computer Science master’s student at UP FAMNIT. He previously obtained Computer Science bachelor’s degree at UP FAMNIT.
Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/oSAsZAUPl6k