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Zhao B, Yu Z, Wang H, Shuai C, Qu S, Xu M. Data Science Applications in Circular Economy: Trends, Status, and Future. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:6457-6474. [PMID: 38568682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The circular economy (CE) aims to decouple the growth of the economy from the consumption of finite resources through strategies, such as eliminating waste, circulating materials in use, and regenerating natural systems. Due to the rapid development of data science (DS), promising progress has been made in the transition toward CE in the past decade. DS offers various methods to achieve accurate predictions, accelerate product sustainable design, prolong asset life, optimize the infrastructure needed to circulate materials, and provide evidence-based insights. Despite the exciting scientific advances in this field, there still lacks a comprehensive review on this topic to summarize past achievements, synthesize knowledge gained, and navigate future research directions. In this paper, we try to summarize how DS accelerated the transition to CE. We conducted a critical review of where and how DS has helped the CE transition with a focus on four areas including (1) characterizing socioeconomic metabolism, (2) reducing unnecessary waste generation by enhancing material efficiency and optimizing product design, (3) extending product lifetime through repair, and (4) facilitating waste reuse and recycling. We also introduced the limitations and challenges in the current applications and discussed opportunities to provide a clear roadmap for future research in this field.
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- Bu Zhao
- School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 40004, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Hossen MM, Ashraf A, Hasan M, Majid ME, Nashbat M, Kashem SBA, Kunju AKA, Khandakar A, Mahmud S, Chowdhury MEH. GCDN-Net: Garbage classifier deep neural network for recyclable urban waste management. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 174:439-450. [PMID: 38113669 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The escalating waste volume due to urbanization and population growth has underscored the need for advanced waste sorting and recycling methods to ensure sustainable waste management. Deep learning models, adept at image recognition tasks, offer potential solutions for waste sorting applications. These models, trained on extensive waste image datasets, possess the ability to discern unique features of diverse waste types. Automating waste sorting hinges on robust deep learning models capable of accurately categorizing a wide range of waste types. In this study, a multi-stage machine learning approach is proposed to classify different waste categories using the "Garbage In, Garbage Out" (GIGO) dataset of 25,000 images. The novel Garbage Classifier Deep Neural Network (GCDN-Net) is introduced as a comprehensive solution, adept in both single-label and multi-label classification tasks. Single-label classification distinguishes between garbage and non-garbage images, while multi-label classification identifies distinct garbage categories within single or multiple images. The performance of GCDN-Net is rigorously evaluated and compared against state-of-the-art waste classification methods. Results demonstrate GCDN-Net's excellence, achieving 95.77% accuracy, 95.78% precision, 95.77% recall, 95.77% F1-score, and 95.54% specificity when classifying waste images, outperforming existing models in single-label classification. In multi-label classification, GCDN-Net attains an overall Mean Average Precision (mAP) of 0.69 and an F1-score of 75.01%. The reliability of network performance is affirmed through saliency map-based visualization generated by Score-CAM (class activation mapping). In conclusion, deep learning-based models exhibit efficacy in categorizing diverse waste types, paving the way for automated waste sorting and recycling systems that can mitigate costs and processing times.
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- Md Mosarrof Hossen
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.
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- Computer Applications Department, Academic Bridge Program, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Computing Science, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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Fuzzy Color Aura Matrices for Texture Image Segmentation. J Imaging 2022; 8:jimaging8090244. [PMID: 36135409 PMCID: PMC9504691 DOI: 10.3390/jimaging8090244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fuzzy gray-level aura matrices have been developed from fuzzy set theory and the aura concept to characterize texture images. They have proven to be powerful descriptors for color texture classification. However, using them for color texture segmentation is difficult because of their high memory and computation requirements. To overcome this problem, we propose to extend fuzzy gray-level aura matrices to fuzzy color aura matrices, which would allow us to apply them to color texture image segmentation. Unlike the marginal approach that requires one fuzzy gray-level aura matrix for each color channel, a single fuzzy color aura matrix is required to locally characterize the interactions between colors of neighboring pixels. Furthermore, all works about fuzzy gray-level aura matrices consider the same neighborhood function for each site. Another contribution of this paper is to define an adaptive neighborhood function based on information about neighboring sites provided by a pre-segmentation method. For this purpose, we propose a modified simple linear iterative clustering algorithm that incorporates a regional feature in order to partition the image into superpixels. All in all, the proposed color texture image segmentation boils down to a superpixel classification using a simple supervised classifier, each superpixel being characterized by a fuzzy color aura matrix. Experimental results on the Prague texture segmentation benchmark show that our method outperforms the classical state-of-the-art supervised segmentation methods and is similar to recent methods based on deep learning.
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Andeobu L, Wibowo S, Grandhi S. Artificial intelligence applications for sustainable solid waste management practices in Australia: A systematic review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 834:155389. [PMID: 35460765 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Solid waste generation and its impact on human health and the environment have long been a matter of concern for governments across the world. In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on resource recovery (reusing, recycling and extracting energy from waste) using more advanced approaches such as artificial intelligence (AI) in Australia. AI is a powerful technology that is increasingly gaining popularity and application in various fields. The adoption of AI techniques offers alternative innovative approaches to solid waste management (SWM). Although there are previous studies on AI technologies and SWM, no study has assessed the adoption of AI applications in solving the diverse SWM problems for achieving sustainable waste management in Australia. Moreover, there are inconsistencies and a lack of awareness on how AI technologies function in relation to their application to SWM. This study examines the application of AI technologies in various areas of SWM (generation, sorting, collection, vehicle routing, treatment, disposal and waste management planning) to enhance sustainable waste management practices in Australia. To achieve the aims of this study, prior studies from 2005 to 2021 from various databases are collected and analyzed. The study focuses on the adoption of AI applications on SWM, compares the performance of AI applications, explores the benefits and challenges, and provides best practice recommendations on how resource efficiency can be optimized to improve economic, environmental and social outcomes. This study found that AI-based models have better prediction abilities when compared to other models used in forecasting solid waste generation and recycling. Findings show that waste generation in Australia has been steadily increasing and requires upgraded and improved recovery infrastructure and the appropriate adoption of AI technologies to enhance sustainable SWM. Australia's adoption of AI recycling technologies would benefit from a national approach that seeks consistency across jurisdictions, while catering for regional differences. This study will benefit researchers, governments, policy-makers, municipalities and other waste management organizations to increase current recycling rates, eliminate the need for manual labor, reduce costs, maximize efficiency, and transform the way we approach the management of solid waste.
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- Lynda Andeobu
- Central Queensland University, 120 Spencer Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
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- Central Queensland University, 120 Spencer Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
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Nimita Jebaranjitham J, Selvan Christyraj JD, Prasannan A, Rajagopalan K, Chelladurai KS, Gnanaraja JKJS. Current scenario of solid waste management techniques and challenges in Covid-19 - A review. Heliyon 2022; 8:e09855. [PMID: 35800245 PMCID: PMC9249431 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Annually, world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of solid wastes and it is expected to generate 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste by 2025. Globally double the amount of waste generation was anticipated by 2050, hence an urgent action is required for this intricate problem in adopting better management techniques and recycling strategies. Unfortunately, poor management of wastes causes vulnerable effects to the society in terms of health. Waste management is the key infrastructure to be developed in society, but so far it is not recognized as much in many developing countries. Significant innovations and improvements are made in the last few decades globally, but still 2 to 3 billion people around the world lack access to waste collection services. The aim of this present study is to give an overview of different types of waste techniques that are effectively followed by different countries and the action plans need to follow. This review focuses on the global current scenario of waste generation, and its management methods with relevant literatures providing the upgrades in the phases of waste management services like collection and transport, various techniques adopted for waste management, policies and legislation, countries investment in waste management process and the impact of solid waste management during Covid-19. Collectively we conclude that Asian countries need to allot more fund for handling solid waste. Also with the available waste management technique, it is not possible to achieve zero waste. Therefore, more new techniques are needed to be adapted.
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Lu W, Chen J. Computer vision for solid waste sorting: A critical review of academic research. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 142:29-43. [PMID: 35172271 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Waste sorting is highly recommended for municipal solid waste (MSW) management. Increasingly, computer vision (CV), robotics, and other smart technologies are used for MSW sorting. Particularly, the field of CV-enabled waste sorting is experiencing an unprecedented explosion of academic research. However, little attention has been paid to understanding its evolvement path, status quo, and prospects and challenges ahead. To address the knowledge gap, this paper provides a critical review of academic research that focuses on CV-enabled MSW sorting. Prevalent CV algorithms, in particular their technical rationales and prediction performance, are introduced and compared. The distribution of academic research outputs is also examined from the aspects of waste sources, task objectives, application domains, and dataset accessibility. The review discovers a trend of shifting from traditional machine learning to deep learning algorithms. The robustness of CV for waste sorting is increasingly enhanced owing to the improved computation powers and algorithms. Academic studies were unevenly distributed in different sectors such as household, commerce and institution, and construction. Too often, researchers reported some preliminary studies using simplified environments and artificially collected data. Future research efforts are encouraged to consider the complexities of real-world scenarios and implement CV in industrial waste sorting practice. This paper also calls for open sharing of waste image datasets for interested researchers to train and evaluate their CV algorithms.
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- Weisheng Lu
- Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
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Singh A. Indicators and ICTs application for municipal waste management. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2022; 40:24-33. [PMID: 33836633 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x211010367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The worldwide populace is rising steadily. Urbanization is likewise expanding quickly with the rising populace. Fast urbanization has considerably increased the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW). The MSW management issues have recently been analyzed through various assessment indicators and information and communication technologies (ICTs). This article provides an overview of applications of assessment indicators and ICTs for addressing the environmental issues of waste disposal and management in municipalities. The selection of indicators mainly depends on the stakeholders' specific requirements, such as waste management strategies, urban planning and development, human health, and energy generation. The literature analysis revealed that collection, sorting, recycling, cost efficiency, and environmental aspect were the leading indicators used in waste management studies. And these indicators reduce the complexity of systems and formulate evaluations easier for the decision-maker. Moreover, these are also helpful in assessing the improvement and reporting the waste condition to the expert. These analysis further revealed that information and communication technology is a requirement in the planning and managing of current solid waste disposal problems. The use of ICTs in waste management systems mitigates possible constraints regarding spot selection, inept waste disposal, waste collection monitoring, and proper recycling.
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- Ajay Singh
- Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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Sivakumar M, Renuka P, Chitra P, Karthikeyan S. IoT
incorporated deep learning model combined with
SmartBin
technology for real‐time solid waste management. Comput Intell 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/coin.12495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department of EEE Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai India
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- Department of CSE Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai India
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Guo HN, Wu SB, Tian YJ, Zhang J, Liu HT. Application of machine learning methods for the prediction of organic solid waste treatment and recycling processes: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 319:124114. [PMID: 32942236 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Conventional treatment and recycling methods of organic solid waste contain inherent flaws, such as low efficiency, low accuracy, high cost, and potential environmental risks. In the past decade, machine learning has gradually attracted increasing attention in solving the complex problems of organic solid waste treatment. Although significant research has been carried out, there is a lack of a systematic review of the research findings in this field. This study sorts the research studies published between 2003 and 2020, summarizes the specific application fields, characteristics, and suitability of different machine learning models, and discusses the relevant application limitations and future prospects. It can be concluded that studies mostly focused on municipal solid waste management, followed by anaerobic digestion, thermal treatment, composting, and landfill. The most widely used model is the artificial neural network, which has been successfully applied to various complicated non-linear organic solid waste related problems.
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- Hao-Nan Guo
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- CAS Research Center on Fictitious Economy & Data Science, Beijing 100190, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Engineering Laboratory for Yellow River Delta Modern Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Abdallah M, Abu Talib M, Feroz S, Nasir Q, Abdalla H, Mahfood B. Artificial intelligence applications in solid waste management: A systematic research review. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 109:231-246. [PMID: 32428727 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.04.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The waste management processes typically involve numerous technical, climatic, environmental, demographic, socio-economic, and legislative parameters. Such complex nonlinear processes are challenging to model, predict and optimize using conventional methods. Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have gained momentum in offering alternative computational approaches to solve solid waste management (SWM) problems. AI has been efficient at tackling ill-defined problems, learning from experience, and handling uncertainty and incomplete data. Although significant research was carried out in this domain, very few review studies have assessed the potential of AI in solving the diverse SWM problems. This systematic literature review compiled 85 research studies, published between 2004 and 2019, analyzing the application of AI in various SWM fields, including forecasting of waste characteristics, waste bin level detection, process parameters prediction, vehicle routing, and SWM planning. This review provides comprehensive analysis of the different AI models and techniques applied in SWM, application domains and reported performance parameters, as well as the software platforms used to implement such models. The challenges and insights of applying AI techniques in SWM are also discussed.
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- Mohamed Abdallah
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Aziz F, Arof H, Mokhtar N, Shah NM, Khairuddin ASM, Hanafi E, Abu Talip MS. Waste level detection and HMM based collection scheduling of multiple bins. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202092. [PMID: 30157219 PMCID: PMC6114775 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this paper, an image-based waste collection scheduling involving a node with three waste bins is considered. First, the system locates the three bins and determines the waste level of each bin using four Laws Masks and a set of Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers. Next, a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) is used to decide on the number of days remaining before waste is collected from the node. This decision is based on the HMM's previous state and current observations. The HMM waste collection scheduling seeks to maximize the number of days between collection visits while preventing waste contamination due to late collection. The proposed system was trained using 100 training images and then tested on 100 test images. Each test image contains three bins that might be shifted, rotated, occluded or toppled over. The upright bins could be empty, partially full or full of garbage of various shapes and sizes. The method achieves bin detection, waste level classification and collection day scheduling rates of 100%, 99.8% and 100% respectively.
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- Fayeem Aziz
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mohd Yusof N, Jidin AZ, Rahim MI. Smart Garbage Monitoring System for Waste Management. MATEC WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017; 97:01098. [DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/20179701098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Hannan MA, Arebey M, Begum RA, Basri H, Al Mamun MA. Content-based image retrieval system for solid waste bin level detection and performance evaluation. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 50:10-19. [PMID: 26868844 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This paper presents a CBIR system to investigate the use of image retrieval with an extracted texture from the image of a bin to detect the bin level. Various similarity distances like Euclidean, Bhattacharyya, Chi-squared, Cosine, and EMD are used with the CBIR system for calculating and comparing the distance between a query image and the images in a database to obtain the highest performance. In this study, the performance metrics is based on two quantitative evaluation criteria. The first one is the average retrieval rate based on the precision-recall graph and the second is the use of F1 measure which is the weighted harmonic mean of precision and recall. In case of feature extraction, texture is used as an image feature for bin level detection system. Various experiments are conducted with different features extraction techniques like Gabor wavelet filter, gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), and gray level aura matrix (GLAM) to identify the level of the bin and its surrounding area. Intensive tests are conducted among 250 bin images to assess the accuracy of the proposed feature extraction techniques. The average retrieval rate is used to evaluate the performance of the retrieval system. The result shows that, the EMD distance achieved high accuracy and provides better performance than the other distances.
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- M A Hannan
- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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Elia V, Gnoni MG, Tornese F. Designing Pay-As-You-Throw schemes in municipal waste management services: A holistic approach. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 44:188-195. [PMID: 26235447 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) strategies are becoming widely applied in solid waste management systems; the main purpose is to support a more sustainable - from economic, environmental and social points of view - management of waste flows. Adopting PAYT charging models increases the complexity level of the waste management service as new organizational issues have to be evaluated compared to flat charging models. In addition, innovative technological solutions could also be adopted to increase the overall efficiency of the service. Unit pricing, user identification and waste measurement represent the three most important processes to be defined in a PAYT system. The paper proposes a holistic framework to support an effective design and management process. The framework defines most critical processes and effective organizational and technological solutions for supporting waste managers as well as researchers.
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- Valerio Elia
- Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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- Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekene, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Hannan MA, Abdulla Al Mamun M, Hussain A, Basri H, Begum RA. A review on technologies and their usage in solid waste monitoring and management systems: Issues and challenges. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 43:509-523. [PMID: 26072186 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the backdrop of prompt advancement, information and communication technology (ICT) has become an inevitable part to plan and design of modern solid waste management (SWM) systems. This study presents a critical review of the existing ICTs and their usage in SWM systems to unfold the issues and challenges towards using integrated technologies based system. To plan, monitor, collect and manage solid waste, the ICTs are divided into four categories such as spatial technologies, identification technologies, data acquisition technologies and data communication technologies. The ICT based SWM systems classified in this paper are based on the first three technologies while the forth one is employed by almost every systems. This review may guide the reader about the basics of available ICTs and their application in SWM to facilitate the search for planning and design of a sustainable new system.
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- M A Hannan
- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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- Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor DE, Malaysia.
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Islam MS, Hannan MA, Basri H, Hussain A, Arebey M. Solid waste bin detection and classification using Dynamic Time Warping and MLP classifier. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 34:281-290. [PMID: 24238802 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
The increasing requirement for Solid Waste Management (SWM) has become a significant challenge for municipal authorities. A number of integrated systems and methods have introduced to overcome this challenge. Many researchers have aimed to develop an ideal SWM system, including approaches involving software-based routing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Radio-frequency Identification (RFID), or sensor intelligent bins. Image processing solutions for the Solid Waste (SW) collection have also been developed; however, during capturing the bin image, it is challenging to position the camera for getting a bin area centralized image. As yet, there is no ideal system which can correctly estimate the amount of SW. This paper briefly discusses an efficient image processing solution to overcome these problems. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) was used for detecting and cropping the bin area and Gabor wavelet (GW) was introduced for feature extraction of the waste bin image. Image features were used to train the classifier. A Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) classifier was used to classify the waste bin level and estimate the amount of waste inside the bin. The area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves was used to statistically evaluate classifier performance. The results of this developed system are comparable to previous image processing based system. The system demonstration using DTW with GW for feature extraction and an MLP classifier led to promising results with respect to the accuracy of waste level estimation (98.50%). The application can be used to optimize the routing of waste collection based on the estimated bin level.
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Affiliation(s)
- Md Shafiqul Islam
- Dept. of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangore, Malaysia.
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- Dept. of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangore, Malaysia.
| | - Hassan Basri
- Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangore, Malaysia
| | - Aini Hussain
- Dept. of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangore, Malaysia
| | - Maher Arebey
- Dept. of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangore, Malaysia
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