Reflective Internet of Things Middleware-Enabled a Predictive Real-Time Waste Monitoring System

Vito Bellini, Tommaso Di Noia, Marina Mongiello, Francesco Nocera, Angelo Parchitelli, Eugenio Di Sciascio

Abstract: Nowadays, Urban Waste Collection process has become crucial to ensure cities’ wealth and viability. The growth of urban centers and the rapid expansion of industry led to a revision of plans and waste collection routes to increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Traditional approaches for the Vehicle Routing Problem and the Waste Collection Problem are not taking into account some factors such as the huge amount of available information produced by the Internet of Things devices.