Rural electrification: An overview of optimization methods

B Akbas, AS Kocaman, D Nock, PA Trotter - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to provide “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030
under Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), rural electrification needs significant …

[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 …

Disaster relief operations: Past, present and future

R Dubey, A Gunasekaran, T Papadopoulos - Annals of Operations …, 2019 - Springer
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The case for islands' energy vulnerability: Electricity supply diversity in 44 global islands

A Ioannidis, KJ Chalvatzis, X Li, G Notton… - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy supply security is a multifaceted challenge for all countries and especially for small
island nations that might have limited adaptive capacity. Previous studies showed that …

Modelling the inter-relationship between factors affecting coordination in a humanitarian supply chain: a case of Chennai flood relief

L John, A Gurumurthy, G Soni, V Jain - Annals of Operations Research, 2019 - Springer
The humanitarian supply chain (HSC) aims at providing relief to affected people in the wake
of a disaster at the right place and at the right time to reduce their suffering. One of the major …

Innovative energy islands: life-cycle cost-benefit analysis for battery energy storage

X Li, KJ Chalvatzis, P Stephanides - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cities are concentrations of economic, social, and technical assets, which are fundamental
to addressing climate change challenges. Renewable energy sources are growing fast in …

Multi-criteria decision-making methods: application in humanitarian operations

A Nain, D Jain, A Trivedi - Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine and compare extant literature on the application of
multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques in humanitarian operations (HOs) and …

A hybrid approach of fuzzy risk assessment-based incenter of centroid and MCDM methods for multimodal transportation route selection

N Koohathongsumrit, W Chankham - Cogent Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Owing to its relevance to several conflicting decision criteria, subjective information, different
preferences, and ambiguities, multimodal transportation route selection is a multiple-criteria …

A literature review of MADM applications for site selection problems—One decade review from 2011 to 2020

SH Zolfani, H Hasheminasab… - … Journal of Information …, 2022 - World Scientific
Site selection is a multi-dimensional optimization problem that influences a wide variety of
stakeholders from local communities and authorities to governments, environmental …

The role of the expert knowledge broker in rural development: Renewable energy funding decisions in Greece

N Apostolopoulos, KJ Chalvatzis, PG Liargovas… - Journal of Rural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Within debates on rural development, Neo-Endogenous Development has emerged as the
consensus 'best-practice'approach. Central to this approach is the role of the Expert …