Emergency medical services and beyond: Addressing new challenges through a wide literature review

R Aringhieri, ME Bruni, S Khodaparasti… - Computers & Operations …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a
vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the …

Mass casualty management in disaster scene: A systematic review of OR&MS research in humanitarian operations

RZ Farahani, MM Lotfi, A Baghaian, R Ruiz… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Disasters are usually managed through a four-phase cycle including mitigation,
preparedness, response and recovery. The first two phases happen before a disaster and …

Multi-objective scheduling of priority-based rescue vehicles to extinguish forest fires using a multi-objective discrete gravitational search algorithm

G Tian, AM Fathollahi-Fard, Y Ren, Z Li, X Jiang - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The implementation of emergency scheduling of priority-based rescue vehicles for
extinguishing forest fires is a complex optimization problem facing with many challenges …

Ambulance routing in disaster response considering variable patient condition: NSGA-II and MOPSO algorithms.

M Rabbani, N Oladzad-Abbasabady… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
The shortage of relief vehicles capacity is a common issue throughout disastrous situations
due to the abundance of injured people who need urgent medical aid. Hence, ambulances …

Logistics for a fleet of drones for medical item delivery: A case study for Louisville, KY

Z Ghelichi, M Gentili, PB Mirchandani - Computers & Operations Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly referred to as drones, have been widely
acknowledged as a promising technology for the delivery of medical and aid packages in …

A bi-objective robust optimization model for disaster response planning under uncertainties

H Sun, Y Wang, Y Xue - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
There are various uncertainties post-disaster relief logistics, it is essential to optimize
emergency logistics to provide timely and effective medical service in such emergency …

A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for multi-period dynamic emergency resource scheduling problems

Y Zhou, J Liu, Y Zhang, X Gan - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The resource distribution in post-disaster is an important part of emergency resource
scheduling. In this paper, we first design a multi-objective optimization model for multi-period …

Integrated temporary facility location and casualty allocation planning for post-disaster humanitarian medical service

Y Liu, N Cui, J Zhang - Transportation research part E: logistics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The planning of temporary medical service facility location and the distribution of casualties
to these facilities require to consider casualty triage, health deterioration conditions, and …

Sustainable operations

F Jaehn - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

An integrated routing and scheduling model for evacuation and commodity distribution in large-scale disaster relief operations: a case study

F Sabouhi, A Bozorgi-Amiri, M Moshref-Javadi… - Annals of Operations …, 2019 - Springer
Every year natural and man-made disasters cause considerable human and economic
losses. It is essential to prepare for different relief operations to prevent and reduce these …