A robust possibilistic programming approach to multiperiod hospital evacuation planning problem under uncertainty

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 157-189

  Rabbani, Masoud ^a   Zhalechian, Mohammad ^a   Farshbaf Geranmayeh, Amir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

disaster; hospital evacuation planning; metaheuristics; robust possibilistic programming

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BI-OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; HOSPITAL EVACUATION; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; META HEURISTICS; POSSIBILISTIC PROGRAMMING; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WEIGHTED NUMBER;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84982914640     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/itor.12331     Document Type: Article

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