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From Preparedness to Recovery: A Tri-Level Programming Model for Disaster Relief Planning

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Computational Logistics (ICCL 2013)

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This paper proposes a tri-level programming model for disaster preparedness planning. The top level addresses facility location and inventory pre-positioning decisions; the second level represents damage caused by the disaster, while the third level determines response and recovery decisions. We use an interdiction framework instead of a stochastic or chance-constrained model. This allows the extent of damage to be treated as a parameter to facilitate scenario exploration for decision-support. We develop an iterative dual-ascent solution approach. Computational results show that our approach is efficient, and we can also draw some insights on disaster relief planning.

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Irohara, T., Kuo, YH., Leung, J.M.Y. (2013). From Preparedness to Recovery: A Tri-Level Programming Model for Disaster Relief Planning. In: Pacino, D., Voß, S., Jensen, R.M. (eds) Computational Logistics. ICCL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41019-2_16

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