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A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Pre-positioning of Relief Supplies

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Pre-positioning and distribution of emergency supplies are important activities in the preparedness and response stages for disasters. The goal of this paper is to address the joint decision-making of pre-positioning and distribution of relief supplies under uncertain environment. A two-stage stochastic programming model with the objective of the minimizing total cost is formulated and the uncertainties of disasters are taken into account. A case study focusing on addressing hurricane threats in the Gulf Coast area of the US is conducted to illustrated the application of the proposed model. The results analysis provides managerial insights for relief agencies.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71801135), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20180792), the University Natural Science Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 18KJB580011), and the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of NUIST (Grant No. 2017r061).

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  1. School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China

    Yusheng Wang & Zaiwu Gong

  2. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Benjamin Lev

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  1. Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

    Jiuping Xu

  2. Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

    Gheorghe Duca

  3. Faculty of Math and Science, Brock University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Syed Ejaz Ahmed

  4. ETSI Industriales de Ciudad Real, University of Castile-La Mancha (UCLM), Ciudad Real, Spain

    Fausto Pedro García Márquez

  5. Institute of Control Systems, Azerbaijan Natl Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Asaf Hajiyev

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Wang, Y., Gong, Z., Lev, B. (2021). A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Pre-positioning of Relief Supplies. In: Xu, J., Duca, G., Ahmed, S., García Márquez, F., Hajiyev, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. ICMSEM 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1191. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49889-4_4

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