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HADS, a goal programming‐based humanitarian aid distribution system
Author(s) -
Vitoriano B.,
Ortuño T.,
Tirado G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of multi‐criteria decision analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1360
pISSN - 1057-9214
DOI - 10.1002/mcda.439
Subject(s) - humanitarian aid , humanitarian logistics , natural disaster , emergency management , business , operations research , developing country , population , distribution (mathematics) , goal programming , operations management , risk analysis (engineering) , economic growth , process management , engineering , economics , geography , sociology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , meteorology , demography
In recent years, natural and human‐made disasters have been affecting increasing numbers of people throughout the world. Organizations and budgets for emergency and humanitarian aid have experienced an important growth, and efficiency in disaster management becomes crucial. There is a lack of specific tools devoted to logistics of this special kind of interventions in developing countries, demanded by the organizations. A decision support system for logistic operations currently in development is presented, focusing on the transport problem to distribute humanitarian aid to the population affected by a disaster in a developing country. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.