[HTML][HTML] A review of applications of operational research in healthcare coordination in disaster management

D Tippong, S Petrovic, V Akbari - European Journal of Operational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many disasters that have happened in the last decades, including the latest COVID-19
pandemic, have caused a shortage of healthcare resources and change in healthcare …

An online optimization approach to post-disaster road restoration

V Akbari, D Shiri, FS Salman - Transportation research part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural disasters impact transportation networks adversely and cause road sections to be
damaged or blocked. The road network may even become disconnected, impeding …

Integrated and coordinated relief logistics and road recovery planning problem

V Akbari, HR Sayarshad - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sudden onset disasters can block roads and hinder relief logistics. With the objective of
facilitating access to critical locations in the disaster-stricken area, we propose a new …

[HTML][HTML] Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions

D Shiri, V Akbari, H Tozan - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In response to mass casualty incidents, medical aid must be provided to numerous victims
synchronously under challenging circumstances including uncertainty about the condition of …

A decomposition-based heuristic for a multicrew coordinated road restoration problem

V Akbari, MEH Sadati, R Kian - Transportation Research Part D: Transport …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural disasters disrupt the connectivity of road networks by blocking road segments, which
impedes efficient distribution of relief materials to the affected area. We study the problem of …

An online optimization approach for post-disaster relief distribution with online blocked edges

V Akbari, D Shiri - Computers & Operations Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Disasters can disrupt road networks by blocking some of the roads and consequently
impeding accessibility to critical locations. In the immediate post-disaster response phase …

Online algorithms for ambulance routing in disaster response with time-varying victim conditions

D Shiri, V Akbari, FS Salman - OR Spectrum, 2024 - Springer
We present a novel online optimization approach to tackle the ambulance routing problem
on a road network, specifically designed to handle uncertainties in travel times, triage levels …

[HTML][HTML] The Capacitated Team Orienteering Problem: An online optimization framework with predictions of unknown accuracy

D Shiri, V Akbari, A Hassanzadeh - Transportation Research Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Capacitated Team Orienteering Problem (CTOP) is a challenging
combinatorial optimization problem, wherein a fleet of vehicles traverses multiple locations …

Minimizing total weighted latency in home healthcare routing and scheduling with patient prioritization

V Akbari, İ Sadati, FS Salman, D Shiri - Or Spectrum, 2023 - Springer
We study a home healthcare routing and scheduling problem, where multiple healthcare
service provider teams should visit a given set of patients at their homes. The problem …

Online multi-robot task assignment with stochastic blockages

N Wilde, J Alonso-Mora - 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we study the multi-robot task assignment problem with tasks that appear online
and need to be serviced within a fixed time window in an uncertain environment. For …