[HTML][HTML] Locating and deploying essential goods and equipment in disasters using AI-enabled approaches: A systematic literature review

S Farazmehr, Y Wu - Progress in Disaster Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Locating, routing and deploying essential goods and equipment are proactive disaster
management strategies which received attention during recent decades. Many artificial …

A systematic survey of multicriteria models in humanitarian logistics

I Alturki, S Lee - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the 1960s, there has been a five to ten-fold surge in natural disasters, leading to
escalating human and financial tolls. Humanitarian Logistics (HL) emerges as a response to …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning for humanitarian relief distribution with trucks and UAVs under travel time uncertainty

R Van Steenbergen, M Mes, W Van Heeswijk - … Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective humanitarian relief operations are challenging in the aftermath of disasters, as
trucks are often faced with considerable travel time uncertainties due to damaged …

A decision-making tool for the determination of the distribution center location in a humanitarian logistics network

X Taouktsis, C Zikopoulos - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
The distribution of humanitarian aid is a vital issue for humanity's future. In recent years, the
management of humanitarian crises has become more crucial than it was a decade ago …

Humanitarian relief distribution problem: an adjustable robust optimization approach

F Avishan, M Elyasi, İ Yanıkoğlu, A Ekici… - Transportation …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Management of humanitarian logistics operations is one of the most critical planning
problems to be addressed immediately after a disaster. The response phase covers the first …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of supply chain disruption research

L Novoszel, T Wakolbinger - Operations research forum, 2022 - Springer
The purpose of this chapter is to provide insights into literature on supply chain disruption
research with a specific focus on future research opportunities. A structured meta-literature …

The evolution of the Vehicle Routing Problem—A survey of VRP research and practice from 2005 to 2022

B Golden, X Wang, E Wasil - The Evolution of the Vehicle Routing …, 2023 - Springer
We identify 135 articles published in scholarly, academic journals from January 2005 to
June 2022 that survey various aspects of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) ranging from …

[HTML][HTML] Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions

D Shiri, V Akbari, H Tozan - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In response to mass casualty incidents, medical aid must be provided to numerous victims
synchronously under challenging circumstances including uncertainty about the condition of …

[HTML][HTML] Complementarity, interoperability, and level of integration of humanitarian drones with emerging digital technologies: A state-of-the-art systematic literature …

E Aretoulaki, ST Ponis, G Plakas - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The adoption of drones and other emerging digital technologies (DTs) has proven essential
in revolutionizing humanitarian logistics as standalone solutions. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-depot dynamic vehicle routing problem with stochastic road capacity: An MDP model and dynamic policy for post-decision state rollout algorithm in …

WK Anuar, LS Lee, HV Seow, S Pickl - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the event of a disaster, the road network is often compromised in terms of its capacity and
usability conditions. This is a challenge for humanitarian operations in the context of …