In collaboration with Payame Noor University and the Iranian Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of Mathematics‎, ‎University of Payame Noor (PNU)‎, P.O‎. ‎Box 19395-4697‎, ‎Tehran‎, ‎Iran

2 Department of Management, University of Payame Noor (PNU), P.O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran.

10.30473/coam.2024.68031.1238

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 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.

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