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 …

Chance-constrained optimization under limited distributional information: A review of reformulations based on sampling and distributional robustness

S Küçükyavuz, R Jiang - EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 2022 - Elsevier
Chance-constrained programming (CCP) is one of the most difficult classes of optimization
problems that has attracted the attention of researchers since the 1950s. In this survey, we …

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 …

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 …

Modeling the shelter site location problem using chance constraints: A case study for Istanbul

ÖB Kınay, BY Kara, F Saldanha-da-Gama… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we develop and test a new modeling framework for the shelter site location
problem under demand uncertainty. In particular, we propose a maxmin probabilistic …

Robust optimization model of anti-epidemic supply chain under technological innovation: learning from COVID-19

M Song, S Yuan, H Bo, J Song, X Pan, K Jin - Annals of Operations …, 2024 - Springer
The anti-epidemic supply chain plays an important role in the prevention and control of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Prior research has focused on studying the facility location, inventory …

[HTML][HTML] A scenario optimization approach to reliability-based and risk-based design: Soft-constrained modulation of failure probability bounds

R Rocchetta, LG Crespo - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Reliability-based design approaches via scenario optimization are driven by data thereby
eliminating the need for creating a probabilistic model of the uncertain parameters. A …

Supply chain network design considering carbon footprint, water footprint, supplier's social risk, solid waste, and service level under the uncertain condition

R Das, K Shaw, M Irfan - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2020 - Springer
Supply chain network design (SCND) plays a crucial role in transforming a supply chain
sustainable. Recently, various SCND models have been developed especially focusing on …

Humanitarian relief network design: Responsiveness maximization and a case study of Typhoon Rammasun

J Shu, M Song, B Wang, J Yang, S Zhu - IISE Transactions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we study a humanitarian relief network design problem, where the demand for
relief supplies in each affected area is uncertain and can be met by more than one relief …

Online routing and scheduling of search-and-rescue teams

D Shiri, V Akbari, FS Salman - OR Spectrum, 2020 - Springer
We study how to allocate and route search-and-rescue teams to areas with trapped victims
in a coordinated manner after a disaster. We propose two online strategies for these time …