Risk based facility location by using fault tree analysis in disaster management

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-179

  Akgün, Ibrahim ^a   Gümüşbuğa, Ferhat ^b   Tansel, Barbaros ^c  

^a ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Technical Sciences   (Turkey)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Fault tree analysis; Location; P Center risk model; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FACILITIES LOCATIONS; FAULT TREE ANALYSES (FTA); LINEAR INTEGER PROGRAMS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; P-CENTER; P-CENTER RISK MODEL; RISK MODELING; RISK-BASED; VULNERABILITY;

LOCATION;

EID: 84921317413     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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