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dc.contributor.advisor | Baetz, Brian W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | Razavi, Saiedeh N. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Wendy | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T17:04:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T17:04:41Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2013-10-15 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/8470 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 9510 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 4712833 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/13634 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Sustainability is an important consideration in municipalities, and decision-makers are often faced with making trade-offs in decisions on cost, location selection, and allocation. These decisions are often riddled with complexities and uncertainties, and a heuristic approach can become costly and inefficient. Integer programming is a branch of mathematical programming that can be applied to problems such as these and can be a helpful tool in the decision making process.</p> <p>This thesis presents three papers that develop and apply integer programming-based methodologies and their applications to problems faced by many communities: urban noise, school location-allocation and municipal solid waste collection.</p> <p>An interval-integer approach is applied to an urban noise problem to address the uncertainties in noise, variations in acceptable noise levels. The model determines the most optimal combination of common noise-control techniques to reduce noise in communities to acceptable levels based on the type of community.</p> <p>Changing demographics and urban sprawl have resulted in a decrease in school enrolment in parts of many municipalities, resulting in schools being closed and students driving longer distances to get to school. A mixed-integer linear programming approach is applied to select the best school option based on minimizing vehicle distances.</p> <p>Curbside solid waste collection, which is commonly used in North American municipalities, is a costly, labour intensive process. With fuel prices rising, it is becoming more expensive for municipalities to provide these services. This paper proposes a waste dropoff depot system for solid waste collection and provides a GIS-based integer programming model for site selection and bin sizing.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Integer | en_US |
dc.subject | Sustainability | en_US |
dc.subject | Community | en_US |
dc.subject | Other Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject | Other Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.title | Integer Programming-Based Approaches for Sustainable Community Applications | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Civil Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Applied Science (MASc) | en_US |
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