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 …

Prepositioning of assets and supplies in disaster operations management: Review and research gap identification

M Sabbaghtorkan, R Batta, Q He - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Prepositioning of assets and supplies prior to a disaster strike accelerates the response
activities as it reduces the supply chain burden associated with humanitarian relief items …

Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief

D Alem, A Clark, A Moreno - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Emergency logistics in disasters is fraught with planning and operational challenges, such
as uncertainty about the exact nature and magnitude of the disaster, a lack of reliable …

Testing facility location and dynamic capacity planning for pandemics with demand uncertainty

K Liu, C Liu, X Xiang, Z Tian - European journal of operational research, 2023 - Elsevier
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the whole
world, and epidemic research has attracted increasing amounts of scholarly attention …

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 …

A chance-constrained two-stage stochastic programming model for humanitarian relief network design

Ö Elçi, N Noyan - Transportation research part B: methodological, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider a stochastic pre-disaster relief network design problem, which mainly
determines the capacities and locations of the response facilities and their inventory levels …

Stochastic optimization model for distribution and evacuation planning (A case study of Tehran earthquake)

P Ghasemi, K Khalili-Damghani, A Hafezalkotob… - Socio-Economic …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a stochastic multi-objective mixed-integer mathematical programming is
proposed for logistic distribution and evacuation planning during an earthquake. Decisions …

A two-stage stochastic model for location planning of temporary medical centers for disaster response

MK Oksuz, SI Satoglu - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
Devastating effects of disasters and global crises on people increase the importance of
humanitarian logistics studies for pre and post-disaster stages. Location planning of …

A robust disaster preparedness model for effective and fair disaster response

G Erbeyoğlu, Ü Bilge - European Journal of Operational Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Humanitarian network design decisions belonging to the preparedness stage of disaster
management life-cycle are of critical importance since they set the frame for all further post …

A literature review on inventory management in humanitarian supply chains

B Balcik, CDC Bozkir, OE Kundakcioglu - Surveys in Operations Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a review and analysis of studies that focus on humanitarian
inventory planning and management. Specifically, we focus on papers which develop …