An RFID-based inventory management framework for emergency relief operations

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-187

  Ozguven, Eren Erman ^a   Ozbay, Kaan ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning and logistics; Emergency management; Model predictive control; RFID technologies; Stochastic inventory control

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OUTAGES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES; RFID TECHNOLOGY; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY CONTROLS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STOCHASTICITY;

MAINE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934759857     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.06.021     Document Type: Article

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