Transportation network reliability in emergency response

Distribution of humanitarian supplies is vital in saving lives during disasters. Investment in retrofitting critical transportation links reduces casualties as intact links improve flow of relief supplies. In finding critical links, link importance values are derived using the concept of network reliability. A network improvement problem is then solved to minimize death toll. To increase practicality, a heuristic algorithm is proposed to solve real size problems. Results show that initial incremental investments in network improvement are more profound in reducing the death toll than higher budget increments. Moreover, higher relief inventories reduce the death toll when the network is reliable.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2015.05.005
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554515001052
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Edrissi, Ali
  • Nourinejad, Mehdi
  • Roorda, Matthew J
• Publication Date: 2015-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 56-73
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency medical services; Level of service; Logistics; Networks; Reliability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Humanitarian logistics
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01570966
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 2015 11:12AM