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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2014-11-01

发表刊物：Conference on Integrated Science and Knowledge Co-Production for Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

收录刊物：SCIE、CPCI-S、PubMed、Scopus

卷号：11

期号：11

页面范围：11081-11109

ISSN号：1660-4601

关键字：large-scale disasters; medical supplies; intermodal transportation

摘要：We present a two-stage approach for the "helicopters and vehicles" intermodal transportation of medical supplies in large-scale disaster responses. In the first stage, a fuzzy-based method and its heuristic algorithm are developed to select the locations of temporary distribution centers (TDCs) and assign medial aid points (MAPs) to each TDC. In the second stage, an integer-programming model is developed to determine the delivery routes. Numerical experiments verified the effectiveness of the approach, and observed several findings: (i) More TDCs often increase the efficiency and utility of medical supplies; (ii) It is not definitely true that vehicles should load more and more medical supplies in emergency responses; (iii) The more contrasting the traveling speeds of helicopters and vehicles are, the more advantageous the intermodal transportation is.