A Multi-stage Stochastic Programming Approach for Pre-positioning of Relief Supplies

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Oluwasegun Olanrewaju, Hu, Shaolong, Dong, Zhijie Sasha
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 14.04.2022
• Subjects: Commodities; Operations management; Response time; Stochastic models; Stochastic programming

Pre-positioning of relief supplies is an important aspect of disaster operations management that aims at decreasing the response time by advancing procurement and storage of needed supplies. In this paper we consider commodity life-time period with the related costs in keeping the commodity and remo...