Modeling the impact of donor behavior on humanitarian aid operations

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-168

  Ülkü, M Ali ^a   Bell, Kathryn M ^b   Wilson, Stephanie Gray ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations management; Disaster response and relief; Humanitarian logistics; Nonprofit; Optimal donation solicitation; Prescriptive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930540039     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1623-5     Document Type: Article

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