A location-routing model for prepositioning and distributing emergency supplies

• Published in: Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review Vol. 90; pp. 161 - 176
• Main Authors: Caunhye, Aakil M., Zhang, Yidong, Li, Mingzhe, Nie, Xiaofeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Exeter Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.06.2016; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Converting; Disaster management; Distributing; Distribution; Emergency logistics; Emergency vehicles; Infrastructure; Location-routing; Logistics; Prepositioning; Risk management; Routing; Studies; Supplies; Supply chains; Transportation; Transshipment; Uncertainty; Emergency logistics; Prepositioning; Risk management; Transshipment; Location-routing; Distribution
• ISSN: 1366-5545; 1878-5794
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2015.10.011

•Better risk management of disaster situations.•Integrated preparedness and response planning under uncertainty.•A two-stage location-routing model with recourse.•Comparative analyses for a small illustrative example. We propose a two-stage location-routing model with recourse for integrated preparedness and response planning under uncertainty. The model is used for risk management in disaster situations where there are uncertainties in demand and the state of the infrastructure. We solve the two-stage model by converting it into a single-stage counterpart. The latter is then implemented in an illustrative example. Comparative analyses are run to investigate the (1) value of planning location and routing in a single model, (2) value of transshipment, (3) differences when an expected-value objective is used, and (4) value of transshipment in the expected-value model.