Humanitarian and Relief Logistics Research Issues, Case Studies and Future Trends /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Zeimpekis, Vasileios (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ichoua, Soumia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Minis, Ioannis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 54
• Θέματα: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Operations Management.

This edited volume highlights recent research advances in humanitarian relief logistics. The contributed chapters span the spectrum of key issues and activities from preparedness to mitigation operations (response), planning and execution. The volume also presents state-of-the-art methods and system...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A Decision Support System for Humanitarian Network Design and Distribution Operations
• Analytical Models for Estimating Waiting Times at a Disaster Relief Center
• Multiple Location and Routing Models in Humanitarian Logistics
• Preparedness Measures for Emergency and Disaster Response
• Military Logistics Planning in Humanitarian Relief Operations
• A Procurement Auctions-Based Framework for Coordinating Platforms in Humanitarian Logistics
• A Fuzzy Multicriteria Methodology to Manage Priorities and Resource Assignment in Critical Situations
• Logistics for Decision Support: An Application in Cases of Natural Disasters
• A Multi-agent Based Framework for Vehicle Routing in Relief Delivery Systems
• Modeling Facility Locations for Relief Logistics in Indonesia
• Humanitarian Logistics in the Great Tohoku Disasters 2011.