Since the 1950s, the number of natural and man-made disasters has increased
exponentially and the facility location problem has become the preferred approach for …

Logistics planning in disasters involves dispatching relief commodities (such as food,
medical commodities, rescue equipment, etc.) to local distribution centers and transfer of …

While the swift development and production of a COVID-19 vaccine has been a remarkable
success, it is equally crucial to ensure that the vaccine is allocated and distributed in a timely …

Vaccines and refrigerated trucks are critical resources for controlling the spread of epidemic
diseases. This paper addresses a novel bi-objective vehicle routing problem to distribute …

This study proposes a decision support system (DSS) that integrates GIS, analytics, and
simulation methods to help develop a priority-based distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in a …

The evaluation of the strategic supply chain configuration is considered one of the strategic
logistics decisions, especially in food assistance supply chains focused on generating better …

With the improvement of people's understanding of disaster relief, emergency logistics has
become an important guarantee to improve the efficiency of relief and safeguard the safety …

In this study, we employ a dual-objective optimization model, utilizing the Implicit Modified
Coverage Location Problem (MCLP-Implicit) approach, to determine an appropriate fire …

The problem of emergency location in natural disasters, especially in earthquakes, has been
considered in recent decades. In this paper, we consider the demand for emergency …

Socioeconomic factors can vary the demand for fire services. Consequently, shifts in the
socioeconomic make-up of a population may deem the historical data of the services' …