Review and Prospect of Emergency Logistics under Uncertainty Conditions

DOI

10.2991/jrarc.2018.8.2.6How to use a DOI?

Keywords

emergency logistics, uncertainty, demand forecasts, optimization

Abstract

Emergency logistics is the key process of disaster relief activities. Abruptness and inaccurate prediction of disaster make emergency logistics operated under the condition of uncertainty; these uncertainties are essentially different from ones in traditional business decision. To seek the core and future of research in emergency logistics optimization, the mainly research of emergency logistics under uncertainty conditions in recent years were reviewed. The characteristics of uncertainty appearing in emergency logistics process were analyzed, and the expression of uncertain factors, demand forecasts and objective function definition in decision-making optimization model were summarized; moreover, this article analyzed the key points of research in aspects of emergency logistics operations, uncertainties origination and emergency risks, and provided useful reference and directions for future research.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hanping Zhao
AU  - Chence Niu
AU  - Tingting Zhang
AU  - Sida Cai
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/06/30
TI  - Review and Prospect of Emergency Logistics under Uncertainty Conditions
JO  - Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response
SP  - 101
EP  - 109
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SN  - 2210-8505
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jrarc.2018.8.2.6
DO  - 10.2991/jrarc.2018.8.2.6
ID  - Zhao2018
ER  -