Agent-Based Approach for Intelligent Automated Landfill Operation System

Workers and operators in sanitary landfill sites face the health risk due to the constant exposure to the toxic solid, liquid, and gaseous by-products of the waste materials. One solution to this problem is automation technology that can increase productivity and quality as well as safety. But, developing an automated system for landfill operations is usually a complex task due to the dynamic aspect of the environment and the uncertainty in task planning. Cooperation is another fundamental concern that is fundamental for a collection of automated equipment to achieve more than the sum of what each can achieve individually. To reduce the above complexity to some extent, a new approach is required for developing an automated landfill system. This paper describes an agent-based cooperative system for an automated landfill system that is to perform landfill compaction operations effectively, and to provide a means of cooperation between landfill equipment. Three kinds of landfill agents are defined and a methodology for simple task allocation among them is suggested. The critical factors for task allocation are identified, and then, based on these factors, a cost model for calculating the execution cost of each piece of equipment is established. For effective cooperation, all agents in the proposed system should have autonomy and interact with each other in a partially centralized and partially decentralized way.