Author : Nilesh A Aynodkar and S. M. Bhosale

Solid waste management in most cities in India has become more demanding and in which Kolhapur is not an exception. It has therefore become necessary to design a model which can be used by Municipal Corporation and government alike to use an optimum distance to collect more waste in an area. Therefore why this work will be done to come out with a solution that can be used to minimize the tour in a collection area and also give some sort optimal routes for collection.

Keywords: Ant colony optimization, arc routing problem, pheromone trail, heuristic value

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.3 (June-2015)