Distributionally robust multi-period humanitarian relief network design integrating facility location, supply inventory and allocation, and evacuation planning

Y Yin, J Wang, F Chu, D Wang - International Journal of Production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Facility location, supply inventory and distribution, and evacuation planning are key
operational functions in a humanitarian relief network, it is critical to integrate these three …

Capacitated Mobile Facility Location Problem with Mobile Demand: Efficient Relief Aid Provision to En Route Refugees

A Pashapour, D Günneç, FS Salman, E Yücel - Omega, 2024 - Elsevier
As a humanity crisis, the tragedy of forced displacement entails relief aid distribution efforts
among en route refugees to alleviate their migration hardships. This study aims to assist …

Reducing disparities in transportation distance in a stochastic facility location problem

KS Shehadeh - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on improving equity in a well-known stochastic facility location problem
(FLP). Specifically, given sets of potential facility locations and customers with random …

A risk-averse distributionally robust optimisation approach for drone-supported relief facility location problem

Z Jin, KKH Ng, C Zhang, W Liu, F Zhang… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drone-supported last-mile humanitarian logistics applications play a crucial role in the rapid
and efficient delivery of essential relief items, such as medicine, blood, and vaccines, during …

Leveraging AI for Natural Disaster Management: Takeaways From The Moroccan Earthquake

MS Hackathon - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.08999, 2023 - arxiv.org
The devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Al Haouz, Morocco in 2023 prompted critical
reflections on global disaster management strategies, resulting in a post-disaster hackathon …

Modeling data-driven adaptive distributionally robust equilibrium last mile relief network under centrality metric

F Yin, Y Zhao, D Wang, G Hu - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies a variant of the two-stage last mile relief network problem by introducing
a centrality metric objective including the distance centrality metric, the demand centrality …

Comparative study of robust optimization model of multimaterial emergency logistics in an uncertain environment

L Chen - Managerial and Decision Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the significance of objective functions in alleviating human suffering within the
humanitarian relief supply chain, it is imperative to consider both logistics costs and the cost …

Modeling of Multi-Period Disaster Logistics Planning in the State of South Carolina

E Simon - 2024 - tigerprints.clemson.edu
South Carolina is one of the most vulnerable states in the United States to the impact of
hurricanes. Currently, when threatened with a natural disaster such as a hurricane, the state …