Intertemporal and Spacial Location of Disposal Facilities

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-30

24 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2004

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Francisco J. André

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Francisco Velasco-Morente

University of Seville

Luis C. Gonzalez

University of Seville

Date Written: March 2004

Abstract

Optimal capacity and location of a sequence of landfills are studied, and the interactions between both decisions are pointed out. The decision capacity has some spatial implications, because it affects the feasible region for the rest of landfills, and some temporal implications, because the capacity determines the lifetime of the landfill and, hence, the instant of time where 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 no convex 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, in order to illustrate the behavior of the solution depending on parameter values.

Keywords: Landfilling, optimal capacity, optimal location, global optimization

Suggested Citation

André, Francisco J. and Velasco-Morente, Francisco and Gonzalez, Luis C., Intertemporal and Spacial Location of Disposal Facilities (March 2004). CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=557801 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.557801

Francisco J. André (Contact Author)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration ( email )

School of Business Administration
Somosaguas Campus
Madrid, Madrid 28223
Spain

Francisco Velasco-Morente

University of Seville ( email )

Avda. del Cid s/n
E-41092 Sevilla, Sevilla 41004
Spain

Luis C. Gonzalez

University of Seville ( email )

Avda. del Cid s/n
E-41092 Sevilla, Sevilla 41004
Spain

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