The worldwide spread of the COVID-19 disease has had a catastrophic effect on healthcare
supply chains. The current manuscript systematically analyzes existing studies mitigating …

This paper deals with modeling and solving a multi-stage stochastic inventory management
problem for transport companies, including several different transport modes. This model …

Modeling customer satisfaction from online customer reviews (OCRs) has become a
practical issue. OCRs provide enough information to aid service providers in measuring …

Purpose Meeting the patients' requirements as customers of the health care sector is
crucially important as a social responsibility. According to the resource constraints, only an …

The use of emergency departments (EDs) has increased during the COVID-19 outbreak,
thereby evidencing the key role of these units in the overall response of healthcare systems …

Hospitals are the first point of contact for people in the face of disasters that interfere with the
daily functioning of life and endanger health and social life. All preparations should be made …

As natural disasters often cause catastrophic damages, disaster management must be
considered. Relief logistics planning in disaster management is a dynamic process that …

Disasters are severe disruptions occurring at a specific time, causing widespread human,
material, economic or environmental loss that exceeds the affected society or community's …

The recent increase in the number of disasters over the world has once again brought to the
agenda the question of preparedness of the hospitals, which are the most necessary units of …

This study presents a new multiple criteria group decision making (MCGDM) sorting method,
named G-ARASsort–a new variant of the ARAS ranking method, to address a disaster …