Location of temporary depots to facilitate relief operations after an earthquake

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-123

  Lin, Yen Hung ^a   Batta, Rajan ^b,c   Rogerson, Peter A ^b,d   Blatt, Alan ^b   Flanigan, Marie ^b  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^b CUBRC   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed supply; Facility location; Humanitarian logistics; Prioritizing delivery

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FACILITY LOCATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEURISTICS; LOCATION DECISION; LOGISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84862826062     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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