Vehicle routing and resource distribution in postdisaster humanitarian relief operations

Theeb, Nader Al; Murray, Chase

doi:10.1111/itor.12308

Cited by 49 publications

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“…The authors proposed a Lagrangean relaxationbased iterative algorithm to solve their model. On the other hand, Campbell, Vandenbussche, Hermann, and Al Theeb and Murray [70,71], did not integrate the vehicle routing problem with location problems. They only considered the vehicle routing problem for relief distribution.…”

Section: Deterministic Modelsmentioning

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A Systematic Literature Review on Mathematical Models of Humanitarian Logistics

Hezam

Nayeem

2020

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Humanitarian logistics (HL) is considered one of the most significant issues of disaster operations and management. Thus, HL operation should be viable enough to function well under the uncertain and complex nature of the disaster. Many difficulties in pre-and post-disaster phases bring both human and economic losses. Therefore, it is essential to make sure that the HL operations are designed efficiently. In the last two decades, several publications have emphasized efficient HL operations and proposed several mathematical models and algorithms to increase the efficiency of HL operations and motivated the necessity of a systematic literature review. A systematic literature review is deemed pertinent due to its transparent and detailed article searching procedure. In this study, due to the importance of the mathematical optimization model, we reviewed more than one hundred articles published between 2000 and 2020 to investigate the optimization models in the field of HL. We classified the optimization models into three main problems: facility location problems, relief distribution, and mass evacuation where each of the classified areas includes both deterministic and non-deterministic models.

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Section: Deterministic Modelsmentioning

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A Systematic Literature Review on Mathematical Models of Humanitarian Logistics

Hezam

Nayeem

2020

Symmetry

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“…We argue that this approach is making a headway in connecting new data analytics that dynamically adapt to a changing situation and traditional OR methods. First, our reachability approach provides data and analysis on the status of the network that can feed into a variety of operations research problems, such as vehicle routing (Al Theeb and Murray 2017;Campbell et al 2008) or (last mile) distribution , allowing them to dynamically adapt to the situation. Second, the analysis of criticality can feed into scheduling and resource allocation models that optimise the use of resources for Schryen et al (2015), e.g., for the removal of debris (Berktaş et al 2016).…”

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Humanitarian access, interrupted: dynamic near real-time network analytics and mapping for reaching communities in disaster-affected countries

2020

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In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, local and international aid organisations deploy to deliver life-saving aid to the affected population. Yet pre-disaster road maps and road transportation models do not capture disruptions to the transportation network caused by the disaster or the dynamic changes of the situation, resulting in uncertainty and inefficiency in planning and decision-making. The integration of data in near real time on the status of the road infrastructure in the affected region can help aid organisations to keep track of the rapidly shifting conditions on the ground and to assess the implications for their logistics planning and operations. In this paper, we present a rapid graph-theoretical reachability information system based on a combination of OpenStreetMap and open humanitarian data. The system supports logistics planning in determining road access to affected communities. We demonstrate the results of our approach in a case study on the 2018 earthquake in Papua New Guinea. Our findings show the reachability of affected communities depending on the actual status of the road network, allowing for the prioritization of targeted locations and the identification of alternative routes to get there.

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“…Public storage materials are a kind of civil society material, which are scattered and stored in the hands of different social owners such as various enterprises, e-commerce platforms, voluntary organizations, families [15], and individuals in the disaster area and the surrounding areas. Public storage materials use computers, communication networks, and other technologies to establish a wide range of social emergency material reserves through physical storage, enterprise storage [16][17][18], contracted storage, production capacity storage, and other storage methods [19,20]. That is the virtual emergency material reserve [21].…”

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The Mechanism of Distribution Effectiveness of Territory Emergency Public Storage Materials

Yang

Hou

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The effective distribution of public storage materials is the key to realizing rapid and accurate rescue of territories, which could truly solve the “last kilometer” problem of emergency rescue. At present, it is relatively rare to study the rapid and accurate distribution of emergency supplies by taking demand forecasts, emergency reserves, and distribution models as an organic whole. In view of the bottleneck of rapid and accurate rescue in the complex disaster environment, this paper selects various means such as field research, literature retrieval, and previous case analysis and uses the system analysis method. Next, this paper explains that the three main factors that affect the distribution of public storage materials are the demand of “black box”, the scarcity of materials, and the blindness of distribution and constructs an effective analysis framework of demand predictability, material availability, and distribution accuracy. Finally, this paper puts forward the triangle structure framework of demand forecasting, virtual public storage, and comprehensive distribution and further explains the triangle structure relationship, operation mechanism, and operation strategy of effective distribution of public storage materials.

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Vehicle routing and resource distribution in postdisaster humanitarian relief operations

Cited by 49 publications

References 40 publications

A Systematic Literature Review on Mathematical Models of Humanitarian Logistics

A Systematic Literature Review on Mathematical Models of Humanitarian Logistics

Humanitarian access, interrupted: dynamic near real-time network analytics and mapping for reaching communities in disaster-affected countries

The Mechanism of Distribution Effectiveness of Territory Emergency Public Storage Materials

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