Humanitarian facility location under uncertainty: Critical review and future prospects

Z Dönmez, BY Kara, Ö Karsu, F Saldanha-da-Gama - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the research done on facility location
problems under uncertainty in a humanitarian context. The major goal is to summarize and …

Robust vehicle routing with drones under uncertain demands and truck travel times in humanitarian logistics

Y Yin, Y Yang, Y Yu, D Wang, TCE Cheng - Transportation Research Part …, 2023 - Elsevier
Resource transport in the aftermath of disasters is critical, yet in the absence of sufficient
historical data or accurate forecasting approaches, the development of resource transport …

Designing humanitarian logistics network for managing epidemic outbreaks in disasters using Internet-of-Things. A case study: An earthquake in Salas-e-Babajani city

B Ehsani, H Karimi, A Bakhshi, A Aghsami… - Computers & industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Along with the destructive effects of catastrophes throughout the world, the COVID-19
outbreak has intensified the severity of disasters. Although the global aid organizations and …

Distributionally robust chance-constrained programming for multi-period emergency resource allocation and vehicle routing in disaster response operations

W Wang, K Yang, L Yang, Z Gao - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Emergency resource allocation and vehicle routing are the most essential and inseparable
response actions in emergency management after disasters. In particular, disaster response …

A heuristic-based multi-choice goal programming for the stochastic sustainable-resilient routing-allocation problem in relief logistics

Z Mamashli, A Bozorgi-Amiri, I Dadashpour… - Neural Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
Natural or man-made disasters impose destructive effects like human injuries and urban
infrastructure damages, which lead to disruptions that affect the entire distribution system …

Emergency medical response in mass casualty incidents considering the traffic congestions in proximity on-site and hospital delays

CC Chou, WC Chiang, AY Chen - … part E: logistics and transportation review, 2022 - Elsevier
The response efficiency of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is related to the survival rate
of patients in Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs). This study aims to reduce delays caused by …

A stochastic programming model for emergency supplies pre-positioning, transshipment and procurement in a regional healthcare coalition

Q Wang, Z Liu, P Jiang, L Luo - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
A regional healthcare coalition enables its member hospitals to conduct an integrated
emergency supply management, which is seldom addressed in the existing literature. In this …

A stochastic programming model for emergency supply planning considering transportation network mitigation and traffic congestion

Q Wang, X Nie - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
How to conduct effective and efficient emergency supply planning is a challenging task. In
this paper, we tackle a general emergency supply planning problem. The problem not only …

Multi-period stochastic programming for relief delivery considering evolving transportation network and temporary facility relocation/closure

K Liu, L Yang, Y Zhao, ZH Zhang - Transportation Research Part E …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we address a dynamic network design problem pertaining to the distribution of
essential supplies during the post-disaster response phase. We present a two-stage …

Facility location and capacity planning considering policy preference and uncertain demand under the One Belt One Road initiative

Y Fu, D Wu, Y Wang, H Wang - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to its importance in integrating facilities and smoothing supply chain, facility location
and capacity planning problem (FLCPP) is no doubt a key issue in constructing an efficient …