A Raspberry in Sub-Saharan Africa? Chances and Challenges of Raspberry Pi and Sensor Networking in Humanitarian Logistics

Abstract

This paper addresses the chances and challenges of humanitarian logistics in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special view on the application of single-board computers -such as the Raspberry Pi -in combination with sensor networking. In this connection the paper deals with the following questions: Which special circumstances in and challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa need to be considered? How can humanitarian logistics contribute to enhance the supply of people in need with food and medicines? Are Raspberry Pi or other single-board computers and their integration into sensor networks adequate solutions for humanitarian logistics and the supply of food and medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa?

<b>Research on Trust of Post-disaster Humanitarian Logistics </b>

“…Ahmadi et al considered the network failure, multiple uses of vehicles and standard relief time in a multi-depot location-routing model, and the results demonstrated that the unsatis?ed demands could be signi?cantly reduced at the cost of higher number of local depots and vehicles [7]. Schumann-Bolsche et al, in a special view, combined single-board computers -such as the Raspberry P i -and sensor networking to study the chances and challenges of humanitarian logistics in Sub-Saharan Africa [8]. Scarpin et al identified the critical factors that help logistics processes in cases of environmental disasters based on a case study that corroborates the Balcik theoretic model, and the results manifested that all links (among suppliers, donors, beneficiaries and distribution center) in the chain manifested post-disaster [9].…”