Humanitarian supply chain management: a thematic literature review and future directions of research

A Behl, P Dutta - Annals of Operations Research, 2019 - Springer
The field of supply chain management has been extensively studied, while its role in
disaster relief operations has received limited contributions. Recent dedicated special …

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 …

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 …

A novel scenario-based robust bi-objective optimization model for humanitarian logistics network under risk of disruptions

H Sun, J Li, T Wang, Y Xue - Transportation research part E: logistics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humanitarian aid in disasters is critical to saving lives and alleviating human suffering. This
paper presents a novel scenario-based robust bi-objective optimization model that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Capacity planning and reconfiguration for disaster-resilient health infrastructure

AH Aghapour, M Yazdani, F Jolai… - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
Disasters are becoming increasingly frequent, calamitous, and expensive. The constant
increase of disasters and more exposure of people, facilities, built environment and assets …

Development of flood hazard map and emergency relief operation system using hydrodynamic modeling and machine learning algorithm

M Rahman, N Chen, MM Islam, GI Mahmud… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study performs flood hazard map** and evaluates community flood co** strategies.
In addition, it proposes a humanitarian aid information system (HAIS) to enhance emergency …

A novel option contract integrated with supplier selection and inventory prepositioning for humanitarian relief supply chains

M Aghajani, SA Torabi, J Heydari - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel two-period option contract integrated with supplier selection
and inventory prepositioning. A two-stage scenario-based mixed possibilistic-stochastic …