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An Internet of Things based material delivery model for disaster management in libraries

Jianliang Yang (School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China)
Hanping Hou (School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China)
Yong Chen (A.R. Sanchez Jr School of Business, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, USA)
Lu Han (School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 3 October 2019

Issue publication date: 6 April 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

Based on the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), the territorial public emergency supplies will be networked, platform-based management, unified emergency dispatch. The problem of supplies dispatching in the “last kilometer” of emergency is solved, and the supplies needed in the disaster area are promptly delivered to the hands of the victims so that they can quickly be rescued after the disaster and to save valuable time for rapid rescue, which can greatly decrease casualties and property losses. This paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

By analyzing the shortage of existing emergency supplies dispatching research and taking all factors such as disaster area demand, social reserve, road conditions, mode of transport, loading limit, disaster area satisfaction rate and road capacity into consideration under the background of IoT, a variety of the territorial emergency supplies dispatching model with more rescue points, more affected areas are constructed. The objective function of the model is to aim in finding the shortest rescue time, giving the solution algorithm, and finally simulating the simulation case.

Findings

Based on the context of the IoT, the territorial public emergency supplies will be networked, platform-based management, unified emergency dispatch. Considering factors such as road conditions, modes of transport and road capacity, the authors construct a number of emergency rescue plans, multiple disaster scenarios and various emergency supplies dispatching models. The authors simulate the situation through simulation cases with the shortest time being the ultimate goal. The problem of supplies dispatching in the “last kilometer” of emergency is solved, and the supplies needed in the disaster area are promptly delivered to the hands of the victims so that they can quickly be rescued after the disaster and to save valuable time for rapid rescue, which can greatly decrease casualties and property losses.

Originality/value

This paper provides little research on the dispatch of emergency supplies. The problems of direct dispatch from the rescue point to the affected area and dispatch of supplies without relying on the arrival of emergency supplies at the rear are addressed. Therefore, this study does not focus on the arrival of emergency supplies at the rear but on direct dispatching issues during territorial public emergency supplies from the rescue point to the disaster point.

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Acknowledgements

This paper is supported by National Key R&D Plan of China under Grant No. 2016YFC0803207 and Chinese National Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists under Grant No. 2019M650455.

Citation

Yang, J., Hou, H., Chen, Y. and Han, L. (2020), "An Internet of Things based material delivery model for disaster management in libraries", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 38 No. 1, pp. 181-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-11-2017-0252

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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