Intertemporal and Spatial Location of Disposal Facilities

Francisco J. André (), Francisco Velasco () and Luis González
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Francisco Velasco: Universidad de Sevilla, http://www.personal.us.es/velasco/
Luis González: Universidad de Sevilla, http://www.us.es/

No E2004/74, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: The optimal capacity and location of a sequence of landfills are studied, and the interactions between both decisions are pointed out. Deciding the capacity of a landfill has some spatial implications, because it effects the feasible region for the rest of the landfills, and some temporal implications because the capacity determines the lifetime of the landfill and hence the instant of time where the next landfills will need to be constructed. Some general mathematical properties of the solution are provided and interpreted from an economic point of view. The resulting problem turns out to be nonconvex and, therefore, it can not be solved by conventional optimization techniques. Some global optimization methods are used to solve the problem in a particular case to illustrate the behavior of the solution depending on the parameter values.

Keywords: Landfilling; Optimal Capacity; Optimal Location; Global Optimization. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C63 Q30 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004
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Working Paper: Intertemporal and Spatial Location of Disposal Facilities (2004)
Working Paper: Intertemporal and spacial location of disposal facilities (2004)
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