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A multi-objective robust optimization model for logistics planning in the earthquake response phase

Najafi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.09.001
  3. Publisher: 2013
  4. Abstract:
  5. Usually, resources are short in supply when earthquakes occur. In such emergency situations, disaster relief organizations must use these scarce resources efficiently to achieve the best possible emergency relief. This paper therefore proposes a multi-objective, multi-mode, multi-commodity, and multi-period stochastic model to manage the logistics of both commodities and injured people in the earthquake response. Also, a robust approach is developed and used to make sure that the distribution plan performs well under the various situations that can follow an earthquake. Afterwards, it proposes a solution methodology according to hierarchical objective functions and uses it to illustrate the customized robust modeling approach
  6. Keywords:
  7. Disaster management ; Dispatching and routing ; Earthquake responsem ; Logistical activities ; Multi-commodity ; Multi-objective ; Robust optimization ; Stochastic model ; Earthquake ; Logistics ; Multiobjective programming ; Numerical model ; Optimization ; planning method ; Stochasticity ; Commodity ; Disaster relief ; Early warning system ; Earthquake mechanism ; Model test ; Model validation
  8. Source: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review ; Volume 49, Issue 1 , 2013 , Pages 217-249 ; 13665545 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554512000828