title: Technologies and decision support systems to aid solid-waste management: a systematic review.
abstract: Population growth associated with population migration to urban areas and industrial development have led to a consumption relation that results in environmental, social, and economic problems. With respect to the environment, a critical concern is the lack of control and the inadequate management of the solid waste generated in urban centers. Among the challenges are proper waste-collection management, treatment, and disposal, with an emphasis on sustainable management. This paper presents a systematic review on scientific publications concerning decision support systems applied to Solid Waste Management (SWM) using ICTs and OR in the period of 2010-2013. A statistical analysis of the eighty-seven most relevant publications is presented, encompassing the ICTs and OR methods adopted in SWM, the processes of solid-waste management where they were adopted, and which countries are investigating solutions for the management of solid waste. A detailed discussion on how the ICTs and OR methods have been combined in the solutions was also presented. The analysis and discussion provided aims to help researchers and managers to gather insights on technologies/methods suitable the SWM challenges they have at hand, and on gaps that can be explored regarding technologies/methods that could be useful as well as the processes in SWM that currently do not benefit from using ICTs and OR methods.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Tecnologia Dom Amaury Castanho - FATEC Itu, Brazil. Electronic address: angelinamelare@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Angelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vitorino de Souza Melaré
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Electronic address: sahudy@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Sahudy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montenegro González
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Electronic address: katti@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Katti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Faceli
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Electronic address: vitor.casadei@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casadei
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005103:Expert Systems; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D005843:Geography; D011158:Population Growth; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D013672:Technology; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Decision support system; Information and communication technologies; Operations research; Recycling; Solid-waste management; Systematic review