D-Optimal Orienteering for Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Planning

Jiaqi Wang (), Weijun Xie (), Ilya O. Ryzhov (), Nikola Marković () and Ge Ou ()
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Jiaqi Wang: Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Weijun Xie: H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Ilya O. Ryzhov: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Nikola Marković: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Ge Ou: Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

Operations Research, 2025, vol. 73, issue 5, 2375-2395

Abstract: Immediately following a major earthquake, reconnaissance surveys seek to assess structural damage throughout the region with the help of a limited number of on-ground inspections. The goal is to collect informative and representative data that will guide subsequent relief efforts. We formulate a new type of vehicle routing problem, in which vehicles are tasked with data collection, and the objective function measures data quality using a nonlinear, nonseparable experimental design criterion. We create novel exact methods for this problem and demonstrate their practical potential in a realistic case study using a state-of-the-art earthquake simulator.

Keywords: Societal; Impact; vehicle routing; orienteering; humanitarian logistics; disaster response; D-optimal design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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