Kandemir, C., Reynolds, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-7394, Verma, M. et al. (7 more authors) (2020) Modelling approaches to food waste : discrete event simulation; machine learning; Bayesian networks; agent-based modelling; and mass balance estimation. In: Reynolds, C., Soma, T., Spring, C. and Lazell, J., (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Food Waste. Routledge (Taylor & Francis) ISBN 9780429462795
Abstract
The generation of food waste at both the supplier and the consumer levels stems from a complex set of interacting behaviours. Computational and mathematical models provide various methods to simulate, diagnose and predict different aspects within the complex system of food waste generation and prevention. This chapter outlines four different modelling approaches that have been used previously to investigate food waste: discrete event simulation, which has been used to examine how the shelf life of milk and many actions taken around shopping and use of milk within a household influence food waste; machine learning and Bayesian networks, which have been used to provide insight into the determinants of household food waste; agent-based modelling, which has been used to provide insight into how innovation can reduce retail food waste; and mass balance estimation, which has been used to model and estimate food waste from data related to human metabolism and calories consumed.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Routledge Handbook of Food Waste. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2020 14:45 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2021 08:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge (Taylor & Francis) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9780429462795-25 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157413 |