A multiperiod location-routing problem arising in the collection of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater

Renan Tunalioglu, Cagri Koc and Tolga Bektas
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Renan Tunalioglu: Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
Cagri Koc: CIRRELT, Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management and HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Tolga Bektas: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2016, vol. 67, issue 7, 1012-1024

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.

Date: 2016
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