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Title	Deep Reinforcement Learning For Energy Efficiency Optimization Using Autonomous Waste Management In Smart Cities
ID_Doc	18050
Authors	Kavitha T.; Chaganti K.R.; Elicherla S.L.R.; Kumar M.R.; Chaithanya D.; Manikanta K.
Year	2025
Published	Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Trends in Material Science and Inventive Materials, ICTMIM 2025
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICTMIM65579.2025.10988394
Abstract	Smart cities face vital waste management challenges regarding efficiency and sustainability in their development period. The established waste collection approaches that depend on pre-set schedules together with unchanging routes create problems by possessing both inefficient resource usage and elevated fuel usage as well as delayed waste pickup times. The proposed framework builds a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-based system for dynamic waste collection route optimization using Autonomous Waste Collection Vehicles (AWCVs) with Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart bins. The system uses Deep Q-Networks (DQNs) to analyze traffic conditions data alongside vehicle battery level data with smart bin information from the system so vehicles carry out efficient waste collection operations using minimal energy. The newly proposed algorithm provides 30% distance reduction and 28% faster responses and 30% lower energy usage than baseline heuristic methods do. The conclusions show that AI-powered waste management strategies can create sustainable operations which increase both service performance and overall energy efficiency in cities. The research team plans to apply the proposed approach to actual waste collection systems while exploring methods of deploying multiple agents alongside renewable energy systems to enhance future urban waste management operations. © 2025 IEEE.
Author Keywords	Autonomous Vehicles; Deep Q-Network; Deep Reinforcement Learning; Energy Efficiency; IoT-enabled Waste Collection; Smart Cities; Waste Management

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