In the last 20 years, Emergency Management has received increasing attention from the scientific community. Meanwhile, the study of relief distribution networks has become one of …
Disaster relief presents many unique logistics challenges, with problems including damaged transportation infrastructure, limited communication, and coordination of multiple agents …
AM Caunhye, Y Zhang, M Li, X Nie - Transportation research part E …, 2016 - Elsevier
We propose a two-stage location-routing model with recourse for integrated preparedness and response planning under uncertainty. The model is used for risk management in …
SJ Rennemo, KF Rø, LM Hvattum, G Tirado - Transportation research part E …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a three-stage mixed-integer stochastic programming model for disaster response planning, considering the opening of local distribution facilities, initial allocation of …
In general, vaccines are recognized as an important means to protect populations against infectious diseases. We show that vaccines do not behave like commodity goods and …
K Ransikarbum, SJ Mason - International Journal of Production Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
Few published research studies focusing on supply chain disruptions and humanitarian logistics examine the response and recovery phases in post-disaster operations. We present …
In the past decade the humanitarian supply chain (HSC) has attracted the attention of researchers due to the increasing frequency of disasters. The uncertainty in time, location …
The increase in natural and man-made disasters in the recent years has highlighted challenging problems in humanitarian operations, in addition to major long-term …
Y He, N Liu - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel model of emergency medical logistics for quick response to public health emergencies. The proposed methodology consists of two recursive …