Control and Optimization
Maryam Yaghoubi; Fatemeh Dadmand
Abstract
Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, result in significant financial and human losses. Rescue operations play a crucial role in managing such crises. However, the lack of precise information and the damage or destruction of urban transportation routes ...
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Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, result in significant financial and human losses. Rescue operations play a crucial role in managing such crises. However, the lack of precise information and the damage or destruction of urban transportation routes following earthquakes introduces uncertainty into these operations. This study presents a multi-objective humanitarian logistics model that utilizes a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) approach. The model considers the reliability of transportation routes after an earthquake, the standard response time for allocating personnel and relief equipment, and the coverage maximization. This model incorporates various uncertainties, including the reliability of the transportation network. Real data from the city of Gonabad, Iran, was used to evaluate the proposed model. The results and sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the model exhibits desirable performance.
