A multiperiod location-routing problem arising in the collection of olive oil mill wastewater
A multiperiod location-routing problem arising in the collection of olive oil mill wastewater
The process by which olive oil is produced yields two by-products, one of which is the brown coloured Olive Oil Mill Wastewater (OMWW) and has no direct use. OMWW is generally disposed of into soil or rivers, potentially contaminating the environment. OMWW can be treated using ultrafiltration facilities, but this requires that OMWW is collected from oil mills and delivered to the treatment facilities using a fleet of vehicles in an economically viable manner. Such considerations give rise to a multiperiod location-routing problem. This paper formally introduces the problem and proposes an adaptive large neighbourhood search metaheuristic for its solution. The algorithm is applied on a case study drawn from one of the major olive oil producing countries. The paper presents computational and managerial results.
location-routing problem, olive oil mill wastewater, environmental hazards, treatment, adaptive large neighbourhood metaheuristic
1012–1024
Tunalioglu, R.
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Koc, C.
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Bektas, T.
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July 2016
Tunalioglu, R.
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Koc, C.
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Bektas, T.
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Tunalioglu, R., Koc, C. and Bektas, T.
(2016)
A multiperiod location-routing problem arising in the collection of olive oil mill wastewater.
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67 (7), .
Abstract
The process by which olive oil is produced yields two by-products, one of which is the brown coloured Olive Oil Mill Wastewater (OMWW) and has no direct use. OMWW is generally disposed of into soil or rivers, potentially contaminating the environment. OMWW can be treated using ultrafiltration facilities, but this requires that OMWW is collected from oil mills and delivered to the treatment facilities using a fleet of vehicles in an economically viable manner. Such considerations give rise to a multiperiod location-routing problem. This paper formally introduces the problem and proposes an adaptive large neighbourhood search metaheuristic for its solution. The algorithm is applied on a case study drawn from one of the major olive oil producing countries. The paper presents computational and managerial results.
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 December 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 March 2016
Published date: July 2016
Keywords:
location-routing problem, olive oil mill wastewater, environmental hazards, treatment, adaptive large neighbourhood metaheuristic
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Centre of Excellence in Decision, Analytics & Risk Research
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Local EPrints ID: 385177
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385177
ISSN: 0160-5682
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