4th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

A Stochastic Optimization Approach for Locating Humanitarian Disaster Relief Centers

Parmis Emadi & Zbigniew Pasek
Publisher: IEOM Society International
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Track: Supply Chain
Abstract

This paper discusses a 3-stage location-allocation disaster relief network. The objective of the proposed network design approach is to minimize the travel time from commercial storage centers to distribution centers, and from distribution centers to demand centers, closest to the affected area. Various scenarios of disasters occurrence, scenario-dependency of storage and distribution centers’ capacities, transportation disturbances and lost capacities, and various types of transportation modes have also been considered in the form of constraints. The proposed approach has been applied to a real case study in northern Tehran and the results have been thoroughly analyzed and discussed.

Published in: 4th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Toronto, Canada

Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: October 25-27, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-5323-5950-7
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767