A novel multi-objective programming model of relief distribution for sustainable disaster supply chain in large-scale natural disasters

To save lives and reduce suffering of victims, the focus of this paper is to design the strategies of relief distribution regarding beneficiary perspective on sustainability. This problem is formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer nonlinear programming model to maximize the lowest victims'...

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Published in:Journal of cleaner production Vol. 174; pp. 1422 - 1435
Main Authors: Cao, Cejun, Li, Congdong, Yang, Qin, Liu, Yang, Qu, Ting
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 10.02.2018
Subjects:
algorithms
case studies
decision making
disasters
earthquakes
Genetic algorithm
inventories
mathematical models
Multi-objective programming model
Relief distribution
supply chain
sustainable development
Sustainable disaster supply chain
Victims' perceived satisfaction
Sustainable disaster supply chain
Relief distribution
Multi-objective programming model
Genetic algorithm
Victims' perceived satisfaction
Victims perceived satisfaction
ISSN:0959-6526, 1879-1786, 1879-1786
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Summary:To save lives and reduce suffering of victims, the focus of this paper is to design the strategies of relief distribution regarding beneficiary perspective on sustainability. This problem is formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer nonlinear programming model to maximize the lowest victims' perceived satisfaction, and minimize respectively the largest deviation on victims’ perceived satisfaction for all demand points and sub-phases. Then, genetic algorithm is proposed to solve this mathematical model. To validate the proposed methodologies, a case study from Wenchuan earthquake is illustrated. Computational results demonstrate genetic algorithm here can achieve the trade-off between solution quality and computation time for relief distribution with the concern of sustainability. Furthermore, it indicates that the methodology provides the tools for decision-makers to optimize the structure of relief distribution network and inventory, as well as alleviate the suffering of victims. Increasingly, this paper expects to not only validate the proposed model and method, but also highlight the importance and urge of considering beneficiary perspective on sustainability into relief distribution problem. •Relief distribution problem regarding sustainability of disaster is proposed.•Beneficiary perspective on sustainability is measured by perceived satisfaction.•Multi-objective programming model is used to formulate relief distribution.•GA with matrix encoding is applied to solve the developed mathematical model.•Results show that the methodology can improve the emergency decision making.
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ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.037