Decision support models for managing food aid supply chains: A systematic literature review

M Mahmoudi, K Shirzad, V Verter - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
We review existing decision support models (including statistical, simulation, and
optimization models) aimed at addressing chronic food insecurity issue by enhancing the …

Predicting and optimizing the fair allocation of donations in hunger relief supply chains

N Sharmile, IA Nuamah, L Davis, F Samanlioglu… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Non-profit hunger relief organizations primarily depend on donors' benevolence to help
alleviate hunger in their communities. However, the quantity and frequency of donations …

An ensemble forecasting model for predicting contribution of food donors based on supply behavior

S Paul, LB Davis - Annals of Operations Research, 2022 - Springer
Food banks are nonprofit hunger relief organizations that collect donations from donors and
distribute food to local agencies that serve people in need. Donors consist of local …

Resiliency within the socio-ecological system of a large food bank network: preparing, mitigating, responding, and recovering from hurricane florence

T Hasnain, TN Walton, K Odubela, S McConnell… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The network of a food bank consists of a complex web of entities. The entities may include
the warehouses and charitable agencies. A food bank relies on the smooth interactions …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting food donor contribution behavior using support vector regression

S Paul, LB Davis - Proceedings of the 2019 IISE annual …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Hunger and food insecurity are present in each American county. Government and non-
government organizations are working to address food insecurity in the United States. Food …

Anomaly detection with machine learning technique to support smart logistics

N Kerdprasop, K Chansilp, K Kerdprasop… - … Science and Its …, 2019 - Springer
Accurate planning and cost-effective management on product delivery are among key
factors leading to the success of most manufacturing sectors in the current era of the fourth …

Data to Donations: Towards In-Kind Food Donation Prediction across Two Coasts

E Sharma, L Davis, J Ivy, M Chi - 2021 IEEE Global …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our goal in this work is to build effective yet robust models to predict unreliable and
inconsistent in-kind donations at both weekly and monthly levels for two food banks across …

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Improve Food Assistance: A Sco** Review of Machine Learning Tools

NM Martin, J Sedoc, L Poirier, AJ Rosenblum… - 2022 - preprints.org
Background: Machine learning has revolutionized situational awareness during disaster
management by classifying, clustering, and predicting impacted locations and people …

Predicting farms' donations to food banks using the analytic hierarchical process and dempster Shafer theory

K Kyei, A Esterline, J Mason - 2020 SoutheastCon, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an analysis of factors contributing to the annual level of donation of sweet
potatoes in 2010-2016 to a North Carolina food bank. Our approach follows that of Su et al …

[PDF][PDF] Food donation data analysis using computational data science

E Adam, S Kim, L Davis - IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 2020 - researchgate.net
Food insecurity is one of the significant issues faced by most countries, including the US. In
the US, federal and local governments and many non-profit organizations put effort into …