Natural disasters are highly unpredictable, with varying degrees of magnitude, and thus require a reliable and robust humanitarian relief network. Faced with the adverse effects of …
We present a novel humanitarian supply chain approach to address disaster preparedness and build response capacity in humanitarian supply chains when people's vulnerability …
Collaboration in emergency logistics can be beneficial for governmental actors when supply chains need to be set up immediately. In comparison to research on humanitarian-business …
Critical infrastructure networks are often described as (i) interdependent in nature for operability,(ii) vulnerable against multiple natural or human-made hazards, and (iii) vital for …
B Malmir, CW Zobel - Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose When a large-scale outbreak such as the COVID-19 pandemic happens, organizations that are responsible for delivering relief may face a lack of both provisions and …
Pre-and post-disaster relief operations often involve several humanitarian organizations (HOs) working simultaneously. Balanced and systemic resource-sharing schemes may …
We present a collaborative prepositioning strategy to strengthen the disaster preparedness of the Caribbean countries, which are frequently hit by hurricanes. Since different subsets of …
KS Shehadeh, EL Tucker - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
We consider the problem of preparing for a disaster season by determining where to open warehouses and how much relief item inventory to preposition in each. Then, after each …
X Gao, C Cao - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the occurrence of disasters, various commodities are distributed to pre- determined relief centers. Owing to the high-level demand uncertainty, initial multi …