An inexact two-stage mixed integer linear programming model for waste management under uncertainty

This paper introduces a hybrid optimization approach, an inexact two-stage mixed integer linear programming (ITMILP) model, for the planning of regional solid waste management systems under uncertainty. The model improves upon the existing mixed integer, two-stage stochastic and interval-parameter programming approaches by allowing uncertainties presented as random distributions and discrete intervals, as well as policies expressed as allowable …