Balancing pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster relief

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 246-256

  He, Fei ^a   Zhuang, Jun ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Preparedness; Relief

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DISASTER MITIGATION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL; NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS; POST DISASTERS; PREPAREDNESS; RELIEF;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84955600413     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.12.048     Document Type: Article

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