Optimal evacuation planning using staging and routing

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-140

  Bish, D R ^a   Sherali, H D ^a   Hobeika, A G ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster management; evacuation planning; mixed integer programming; routing; staging

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EVACUATION PLANNING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; ROUTING; STAGING;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84890521208     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2013.3     Document Type: Article

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