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 …

Innovative “bring-service-near-your-home” operations under Corona-virus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) outbreak: Can logistics become the messiah?

TM Choi - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The corona virus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has created serious
disruptions to many business operations. Among them, many service operations, which …

Operations research approaches for improving coordination, cooperation, and collaboration in humanitarian relief chains: A framework and literature review

B Adsanver, B Balcik, V Bélanger… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the considerable number of actors in the humanitarian space, coordination is
essential for successful disaster response. Furthermore, the sheer size of challenges and …

Can blockchain help food supply chains with platform operations during the COVID-19 outbreak?

L Yang, J Zhang, X Shi - Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
Food selling platforms are facing both challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19
outbreak as the enforcement of social distancing protocols has pushed consumers with …

A distributionally robust optimization for blood supply network considering disasters

C Wang, S Chen - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
We study blood supply network optimization considering disasters where only a small
number of historical observations exist. A two-stage distributionally robust optimization …

The human factor in the disaster resilience modeling of critical infrastructure systems

JJ Magoua, N Li - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Under major shocks such as natural or man-made disasters, the ability of human actors to
maintain the safety, reliability and performance of critical infrastructure systems (CISs) is …

A collaborative humanitarian relief chain design for disaster response

I Shokr, F Jolai, A Bozorgi-Amiri - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Pre-and post-disaster relief operations often involve several humanitarian organizations
(HOs) working simultaneously. Balanced and systemic resource-sharing schemes may …

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 …

Multi-commodity rebalancing and transportation planning considering traffic congestion and uncertainties in disaster response

X Gao, C Cao - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the occurrence of disasters, various commodities are distributed to pre-
determined relief centers. Owing to the high-level demand uncertainty, initial multi …

Interorganizational interaction in disaster response networks: A government perspective

AM Quarshie, R Leuschner - Journal of Supply Chain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Governments play important roles as focal organizations in many interorganizational
networks. However, the government perspective has largely been overlooked in the …