Reports of successful implementation of humanitarian optimization models in the field are
scarce. Incorporating real conditions and the perspective of decision-makers in the analysis …

Background Immunization directly impacts health (SDG3) and brings a contribution to 14 out
of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as ending poverty, reducing hunger …

Effective humanitarian relief operations are challenging in the aftermath of disasters, as
trucks are often faced with considerable travel time uncertainties due to damaged …

The field of humanitarian logistics (HL) is attracting an increasing number of scholars.
Among the most prominent and promising contributions in this area in recent years was the …

This paper discusses the role that qualitative methods can and should play in engineering
systems research and lays out the process of doing good qualitative research. As …

This paper studies collaborative mechanisms in multi-regional emergency resource reserve
and pre-dispatch design in the context of emerging pandemics. First, by depicting the …

We focus on rapid needs assessment operations conducted immediately after a disaster to
identify the urgent needs of the affected community groups, and address the problem of …

The humanitarian caseload is growing rapidly while funds are declining. The sector clearly
will have to do more with less. Optimizing constrained resources is the strength of OR. Our …

Optimization approaches for planning and routing of humanitarian field operations have
been studied intensively. Yet, their adoption in practice remains scant. This opinion paper …

Humanitarian supply chain (HSC) research is still in its infancy and remains an enigma, due
to its profound differences with the much-researched field of global supply chains. Thus …