RT Journal Article
T1 Optimal sequence of landfills in solid waste management
A1 André García, Francisco Javier
A1 Cerdá Tena, Emilio Jaime
AB Given that landfills are depletable and replaceable resources, the right approach, when dealing with landfill management, is that of designing an optimal sequence of landfills rather than designing every single landfill separately. In this paper we use Optimal Control models, with mixed elements of both continuous and discrete time problems, to determine an optimal sequence of landfills, as regarding their capacity and lifetime. The resulting optimization problems involve splitting a time horizon of planning into several subintervals, the length of which has to be decided. In each of the subintervals some costs, the amount of which depends on the value of the decision variables, have to be borne. The obtained results may be applied to other economic problems such as private and public investments, consumption decisions on durable goods, etc.
SN 0143-2087
YR 2001
FD 2001
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60035
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60035
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 15 abr 2025