Humanitarian facility location under uncertainty: Critical review and future prospects

Z Dönmez, BY Kara, Ö Karsu, F Saldanha-da-Gama - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the research done on facility location
problems under uncertainty in a humanitarian context. The major goal is to summarize and …

[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 …

Risk-averse optimization of disaster relief facility location and vehicle routing under stochastic demand

S Zhong, R Cheng, Y Jiang, Z Wang, A Larsen… - … Research Part E …, 2020 - Elsevier
Disasters such as fires, earthquakes, and floods cause severe casualties and enormous
economic losses. One effective method to reduce these losses is to construct a disaster relief …

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 …

Integrated relief pre-positioning and procurement planning in humanitarian supply chains

SA Torabi, I Shokr, S Tofighi, J Heydari - Transportation Research Part E …, 2018 - Elsevier
Humanitarian organizations typically pre-position relief items in strategic locations whose
optimum levels are affected by the amounts of pre-disaster contractual agreements and post …

Humanitarian transportation network design via two-stage distributionally robust optimization

G Zhang, N Jia, N Zhu, L He, Y Adulyasak - Transportation Research Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural disasters are highly unpredictable, with varying degrees of magnitude, and thus
require a reliable and robust humanitarian relief network. Faced with the adverse effects of …

Two-stage distributionally robust optimization for disaster relief logistics under option contract and demand ambiguity

D Wang, K Yang, L Yang, J Dong - Transportation research part E: logistics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disaster relief logistics (DRL) provides adequate relief supplies to victims of natural
disasters (eg, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions). This study explicitly considers supplier …

Distributionally robust optimization of an emergency medical service station location and sizing problem with joint chance constraints

K Liu, Q Li, ZH Zhang - Transportation research part B: methodological, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract An effective Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system can provide medical relief
supplies for common emergencies (fire, accident, etc.) or large-scale disasters (earthquake …

Stochastic optimization model for distribution and evacuation planning (A case study of Tehran earthquake)

P Ghasemi, K Khalili-Damghani, A Hafezalkotob… - Socio-Economic …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a stochastic multi-objective mixed-integer mathematical programming is
proposed for logistic distribution and evacuation planning during an earthquake. Decisions …

Resilient relief supply planning using an integrated procurement-warehousing model under supply disruption

M Aghajani, SA Torabi, N Altay - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters, appropriate relief supply
planning is essential for humanitarian relief chains. This paper develops a resilient relief …