Demand of emergency materials is usually uncertain and delayed as the latent period changes. With the consideration of the delay caused by the latent period of an epidemic, a multi-objective stochastic programming model for an emergency logistics network is constructed based on the epidemic diffusion rules. The genetic algorithm is adopted to solve the optimization model, and the application of...

Recently, urbanization has been expanded rapidly in the world and a number of metropolitan areas have been appeared with a population of more than 10 million people. Because of dense population in metropolitan and consequently increasing the delivery of goods and services, there has been a lot of problems including traffic congestion, air pollution, accidents and high energy consumption. This m...

The relief organizations work in volatile environments involving a variety of actors with different skills and knowledge. The service of emergency for victims of natural disasters requires a rapid decision-making. The objective of the approach presented in this paper is to develop a Systemic Process Model (SPM) for procurement decisions in humanitarian logistics. The SPM aims to support procure...

Fierce competition in today’s global markets, the introduction of products with shorter and shorter design and life cycles, and heightened expectation of customers have forced business enterprises to invest in, and focus much attention on their supply chains. This, coupled with advances and evolution in the fields of information systems, communication and transportation technologies (for exampl...

This paper presents PALIA-ER, a web-based tool for questiondriven process mining in Emergency Room. PALIA-ER uses Palia discovery algorithm and includes model simplification and filtering features specially domain-specific for ER. Most PALIA-ER functionalities can be easily applied to other interdisciplinary contexts such as other healthcare units, education, or logistics.

This paper describes an integrated location-distribution model for coordinating logistics support and evacuation operations in disaster response activities. Logistics planning in emergencies involves dispatching commodities (e.g., medical materials and personnel, specialised rescue equipment and rescue teams, food, etc.) to distribution centres in affected areas and evacuation and transfer of w...