A transshipment model for distribution and inventory relocation under uncertainty in humanitarian operations

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-109

  Rottkemper, Beate ^a   Fischer, Kathrin ^a   Blecken, Alexander ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disruption management; Humanitarian logistics; Inventory relocation; Relief item distribution; Transshipment model

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DISASTER RELIEF; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOGISTICS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84155172052     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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