[HTML][HTML] Humanitarian logistics optimization models: An investigation of decision-maker involvement and directions to promote implementation

O Rodríguez-Espíndola, H Ahmadi… - Socio-Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reports of successful implementation of humanitarian optimization models in the field are
scarce. Incorporating real conditions and the perspective of decision-makers in the analysis …

Testing facility location and dynamic capacity planning for pandemics with demand uncertainty

K Liu, C Liu, X Xiang, Z Tian - European journal of operational research, 2023 - Elsevier
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the whole
world, and epidemic research has attracted increasing amounts of scholarly attention …

The efficiency, equity and effectiveness of location strategies in humanitarian logistics: A robust chance-constrained approach

K Liu, H Zhang, ZH Zhang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the preparedness phase of humanitarian logistics, uncertainties from both the supply and
demand sides may dramatically increase morbidity and mortality. We consider a …

A stochastic bi-objective simulation–optimization model for cascade disaster location-allocation-distribution problems

K Khalili-Damghani, M Tavana, P Ghasemi - Annals of operations …, 2022 - Springer
Cascade disasters can destroy urban infrastructures, kill thousands of people, and
permanently displace millions of people. The paramount goal of disaster relief programs is …

Robust facility location under demand uncertainty and facility disruptions

C Cheng, Y Adulyasak, LM Rousseau - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
Facility location decision is strategic: the construction of a new facility is typically costly and
the impact of the decision is long-lasting. Environmental changes, such as population shift …

Distributionally robust facility location with uncertain facility capacity and customer demand

C Cheng, Q Yu, Y Adulyasak, LM Rousseau - Omega, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores a capacitated facility location problem where facility capacity and
customer demand are subject to uncertainties simultaneously. This problem decides the …

Stochastic optimization models for location and inventory prepositioning of disaster relief supplies

KS Shehadeh, EL Tucker - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
We consider the problem of preparing for a disaster season by determining where to open
warehouses and how much relief item inventory to preposition in each. Then, after each …

Emergency relief network design under ambiguous demands: A distributionally robust optimization approach

J Zhang, Y Li, G Yu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on an emergency rescue network design problem in response to
disasters under uncertainty. Considering the limited distribution information of the uncertain …

Location and inventory pre-positioning problem under uncertainty

M Qi, Y Yang, C Cheng - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In humanitarian logistics, the location and inventory pre-positioning problem (LIPP), making
decisions on facility location, inventory pre-positioning, and allocation, is critical to post …

A multi-stage stochastic programming approach for pre-positioning of relief supplies considering returns

S Hu, Q Hu, S Tao, ZS Dong - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
A dynamic pre-positioning problem is proposed to efficiently respond to victims' need for
relief supplies under uncertain and dynamic demand in humanitarian relief. The problem is …