A survey of healthcare facility location

A Ahmadi-Javid, P Seyedi, SS Syam - Computers & Operations Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Healthcare facility (HCF) location has attracted considerable attention from the operations
research community over nearly four decades as one of the most important strategic issues …

Emergency medical services and beyond: Addressing new challenges through a wide literature review

R Aringhieri, ME Bruni, S Khodaparasti… - Computers & Operations …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a
vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the …

Emergency facility location problems in logistics: Status and perspectives

W Wang, S Wu, S Wang, L Zhen, X Qu - Transportation research part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergencies that pose potential threats to our health, life, and properties can happen
anywhere and anytime and may result in huge losses if they are not handled timely and …

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 …

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 …

A stochastic optimization model for designing last mile relief networks

N Noyan, B Balcik, S Atakan - Transportation Science, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this study, we introduce a distribution network design problem that determines the
locations and capacities of the relief distribution points in the last mile network, while …

Equity and deprivation costs in humanitarian logistics

WJ Gutjahr, S Fischer - European Journal of Operational Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, essential progress in quantitative modelling of humanitarian operations has been
made through the introduction of the deprivation cost concept by Holguín-Veras et al. The …

Stochastic network design for disaster preparedness

X Hong, MA Lejeune, N Noyan - IIE Transactions, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article introduces a risk-averse stochastic modeling approach for a pre-disaster relief
network design problem under uncertain demand and transportation capacities. The sizes …

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 …

Quasi second-order stochastic dominance model for balancing wildfire risks and power outages due to proactive public safety de-energizations

J Su, S Mehrani, P Dehghanian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Faults on overhead power line infrastructures in electric power distribution systems (DSs)
can potentially ignite catastrophic wildfires, especially in areas exposed to high wind …