Humanitarian logistics is important for minimizing the damage after a disaster. In Japan,
based on past disasters, three empirical control strategies related to humanitarian logistics
have been proposed: two relief transportation strategies, and an information strategy without
ICT. This paper reveals the mathematical properties of these empirical strategies using an
analytic model with closed-form solution. Our approach is based on the stochastic optimal
control theory that has never been applied for analyzing humanitarian logistics. Specifically …