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Location Problems in Humanitarian Supply Chains

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  • Bahar Y. Kara

    (Bilkent University, Department of Industrial Engineering)

  • Marie-Ève Rancourt

    (HEC Montréal, Department of Logistics and Operations Management)

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In this chapter, we first present a general description of humanitarian supply chains. This includes the main purpose and components (facilities and transportation flow) of humanitarian supply chains within different contexts. This description also aims to classify the types of facilities that need to be located for supporting disaster relief operations as well as development programs. We then describe the location decisions that need to be made and some important metrics to consider. We also present a general model to solve location problems, which is a formulation that serves as a base for humanitarian network design problems involving location decisions. Finally, we discuss some extensions of this basic location problem.

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  • Bahar Y. Kara & Marie-Ève Rancourt, 2019. "Location Problems in Humanitarian Supply Chains," Springer Books, in: Gilbert Laporte & Stefan Nickel & Francisco Saldanha da Gama (ed.), Location Science, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 611-629, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-32177-2_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32177-2_21
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    1. Pashapour, Amirreza & Günneç, Dilek & Salman, F. Sibel & Yücel, Eda, 2024. "Capacitated Mobile Facility Location Problem with Mobile Demand: Efficient Relief Aid Provision to En Route Refugees," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).

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