Dynamics of Disasters Algorithmic Approaches and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kotsireas, Ilias S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nagurney, Anna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pardalos, Panos M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 140
• Subjects: Calculus of variations.; Mathematical models.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Emergency medicine.; Game theory.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Emergency Services.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

This book surveys new algorithmic approaches and applications to natural and man-made disasters such as oil spills, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires. Based on the "Third International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" held in Kalamata, Greece, July 2017, this Work includes contribu...

Table of Contents:

• Evacuation trees with contraow and divergence considerations
• Modelling possible oil spills in the Barents Sea and their consequences
• Prospects and Bottlenecks of Reciprocal Partnerships between the Private and Humanitarian: Sectors in Cash Transfer Programming for Humanitarian Response
• Advances in Disaster Communications: Broadband Systems for First Responders
• Equilibrium Analysis for Common-Pool Resources
• A Multitiered Supply Chain Network Equilibrium Model for Disaster Relief with Capacitated Freight Service Provision
• A Variational Equilibrium Network Framework for Humanitarian Organizations in Disaster Relief: Effective Product Delivery Under Competition for Financial Funds
• A humanitarian logistics case study for the intermediary phase accommodation center for refugees and other humanitarian disaster victims. .