Technological advances in the last two decades have aroused great interest in the class of
dynamic vehicle routing problems (DVRPs), which is reflected in the significant growth of the …

Disasters are usually managed through a four-phase cycle including mitigation,
preparedness, response and recovery. The first two phases happen before a disaster and …

This paper describes a new simulation based mathematical model for locating distribution
centres, vehicle routing, and inventory problems under earthquake conditions. In this paper …

This paper proposes a novel bi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model
for allocating and scheduling disaster rescue units considering the learning effect. When a …

With the rise of e-commerce and increasing customer requirements, logistics service
providers face a new complexity in their daily planning, mainly due to efficiently handling …

The growing field of humanitarian operations is driven by frequent events of disasters seen
in the world today. Within this field, Operations Research (OR) plays a critical role in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the relevant literature in order to identify
trends and suggest some possible directions for future research in the framework of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe consequences such as long-term disruptions
and ripple effects on regional and global supply chains. In this paper, firstly, we design …

This research proposes the development of a resilience location-routing model for Post-
Disaster Reconstruction Supply Chain (PDRSC) endeavors under a government-funded …

To address the shortage of relief in disaster areas during the early stages after an
earthquake, a location-routing problem (LRP) was studied from the perspective of fairness. A …