A fast heuristic for routing in post-disaster humanitarian relief logistics

Routing disaster relief vehicles in a humanitarian supply chain

Background and objectives: The decision to allocate the optimal route for ambulances affects the success of disaster response and the safety of victims. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model is proposed to determine the route of vehicles in response to humanitarian relief supplies.  Method: Two objective functions are formulated to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The first g...

Multi-objective routing and scheduling for relief distribution with split delivery in post-disaster response

Following the occurrence of unexpected events and natural disasters, a highly important relief operation is the transferring of relief commodities from the distribution centers (CDs) to shelters. In this paper, a three-level network consisting of depot of vehicles, distribution centers and shelters has been considered for routing and scheduling of relief vehicles through introducing a multi-obj...

A logistics model for delivery of critical items in a disaster relief operation: heuristic approaches†

In this paper, a tour-based multi-objective logistics model for optimized scheduling of the delivery of critical items in a disaster relief operation is proposed. Our model considers multi-items, multi-vehicles, multi-periods, and a split delivery scenario in a disaster. Two heuristic approaches are introduced to solve the logistics problem. In the first approach, a genetic algorithm is applied...

Multicriteria Cost Assessment and Logistics Modeling for Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Aerial Delivery Operations

Application of a Humanitarian Relief Logistics Model to an Earthquake Disaster

Humanitarian relief is a key operation after a disaster for people who are isolated in disaster-affected areas and cannot get basic supplies for daily living. Because the demand can be large and unexpected, an efficient humanitarian relief logistics planning becomes extremely important. In a recent paper, Lin et al. (2009) proposed a logistics model for disaster relief operations. In this paper...