G-network models to support planning for disaster relief distribution

One of the key activities during disaster response is distributing relief items to victims. This a challenging task due dynamically changing victim needs and aftermath conditions. We model distribution operations where like tarpaulins blankets are distributed by volunteers, victims at temporary areas called centers (RC). investigate impact movements have on performance. each RC as queue, operation generalised queuing network (G-network). product form solutions for proposed G-network model, prove new result G-networks with signals batch transfer under certain leverage this develop approximations that apply across broad range settings. case study using Nepal earthquake data, quantify movement