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BackgroundMedical waste should be collected, classified, and transported to the treatment plant within 48 h. If it is not disposed of in time, it will cause cross-infection, increasing the risk of disease transmission and environmental pollution. How to reasonably plan transportation routes to ensure that the medical waste can be transported to the treatment plant in time is very important.ObjectiveThere are usually two modes of transportation, the fastest speed and shortest path, how to reasonably plan the transportation scheme so that medical waste can be transported to the treatment plant for disposal in the specified time is the main purpose of this article.MethodsThe multi-agent modeling method is adopted. AnyLogic simulation software is used to model the transportation routes of 118 Grade III hospitals and 2 treatment plants in Beijing under the two transportation modes of fastest speed and shortest path.ResultsBased on the traffic index in Beijing, the speed range of 20 km/h-32 km/h is set up and divided into 4 parts and 24 levels with 0.5 km/h as the unit, and the 24 levels of medical waste transportation data set is formed. The key speed nodes of 21 km/h, 24 km/h and 29.5 km/h are identified.ConclusionsThe medical waste transportation model and transport data set formed in this paper have enriched the theory and data basis of medical waste transportation management. The key speed nodes of transportation model selection have important practical significance for the transportation management decision of medical waste in big cities.
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