An optimization model for volunteer assignments in humanitarian organizations

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 250-260

  Falasca, Mauro ^a   Zobel, Christopher ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humanitarian logistics; Multi criteria decision making; Optimization; Volunteer management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMANITARIAN AID; LOGISTICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84867230295     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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