Improving municipal solid waste collection using spatial data

从历史上看，废物管理工程师很少收集关于他们的城市固体废物收集作业的信息。在固体废物收集车上安装全球定位系统(GPS)数据记录器和其他自动车辆定位系统大大改变了这一状况。2003年，申请人开始与汉密尔顿市合作，从运行在各种不同收集路线上的五辆不同的废物收集车中收集AVL数据。这项工作展示了收集的数据的几个实际用途，但也很明显，使用这个丰富的数据源可以做更多的事情。拟议研究的目的是通过开发管理固体废物收集业务的决策支持工具，帮助城市固体废物管理人员作出日常业务决策和长期规划需求。这项研究的具体目标是：

Historically, waste management engineers have collected very little information about their municipal solid waste collection operations. The installation of global positioning system (GPS) data recorders and other automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems on solid waste collection vehicles has changed that situation significantly. In 2003, the applicant began working with the City of Hamilton to collect AVL data from five different waste collection vehicles operating on a variety of different collection routes. This work has demonstrated several practical uses for the collected data, but it is also clear that much more can be done with this rich data source. The purpose of the proposed research is to assist municipal solid waste managers with both their day-to-day operational decisions and their long-term planning needs by developing decision support tools for managing solid waste collection operations. The specific objectives of this research are: