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 …

Since the 1960s, there has been a five to ten-fold surge in natural disasters, leading to
escalating human and financial tolls. Humanitarian Logistics (HL) emerges as a response to …

Millions of affected people and thousands of victims are consequences of earthquakes,
every year. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a proper preparedness and response …

The design of an efficient humanitarian relief supply chain (HRSC) for disaster management
depends on the integration of pre-and post-disaster decisions, which reduces the suffering …

Widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric buses (EBs) adds new challenges to
short-notice evacuations. Studies modeling EV behavior suggest that the power grid in most …

Limited resources are a prevalent and challenging problem in the field of emergency
management. Emergency scheduling is an effective way to make full use of resources …

The effective distribution of relief to an emergency logistics system plays a crucial role during
the disaster response phase. Considering stochastic characteristics of relief demand, this …

This study addresses a humanitarian supply chain network that includes locating relief
centers, pre-positioning and distributing relief items, and providing medical treatment in …

In recent years, undesirable disasters attacked the cities frequently, leaving heavy casualties
and serious economic losses. Meanwhile, disaster detection based on the Internet of Things …

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the limitations of urban public health emergency
response capabilities. Taking Wuhan as an example, this study used breakpoint regression …