An optimization model for the location of disaster refuges

Francisco Pérez-Galarce, Linda J. Canales, Claudio Vergara and Alfredo Candia-Véjar

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2017, vol. 59, issue C, 56-66

Abstract: We developed a flexible planning tool by means of an optimization approach that is able to locate and assign refuge centers through facilitating buildings to provide shelter and medical and psychological assistance to the victims taking into account the quality of service. The article proposes variants within the optimization model that allow the decision maker to evaluate different realities in the plan. The performance of the models inside the red zone of the 2010 earthquake in Chile is illustrated.

Keywords: Humanitarian logistic; Disaster operations planning; Location of refuges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2016.12.001

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