Add to ORKGIn 2017 Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The humanitarian aid community scrambled a response to support the 3.4 million people affected by the disaster. In response, thousands of shipping containers filled with supplies were sent to the island. Numerous reports surfaced regarding significant delays in receiving the shipments. This research reviews the historical account of cargo throughput into Puerto Rico following Maria. A computer simulation built in ARENA compares various what-if scenarios based on empirically collected data and interviews with FEMA, port authorities, and commercial cargo carriers to determine how the humanitarian supply chain could improve for future disaster planning. An additional goal of this research is to b...
McNeil, SueHumanitarian logistics is the lifeline between food and those impacted by armed conflicts...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health outcomes of diabetic patients in Puerto Rico, b...
The area of disaster management has become increasingly prominent in a context of frequent political...
Hundreds of millions of people are affected by disasters each year. This thesis explores the use of ...
This research starts by introducingthe topic ofdisaster relief management and underlines theimportan...
Resilient infrastructure is imperative especially following natural or manmade disasters. The abilit...
Resilient Infrastructure and Elasticity of Cargo Movement Following a Natural Disaster Keywords: Res...
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, ...
To write the motivation of a thesis in the context of humanitarian relief while keeping up to date i...
A successful deployment of logistics operations following a disaster is a collective contribution of...
In September 2017, two Category-5 hurricanes struck the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) within a period o...
The purpose of this paper is to improve disaster management models, have an optimal distribution of ...
Disasters recently received the attention of the Operations Research community due to the great pote...
Hurricane Maria made landfall over Puerto Rico in 2017 as a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of...
While logistics research recently has placed increased focus on disruptionmanagement, few studies ha...
McNeil, SueHumanitarian logistics is the lifeline between food and those impacted by armed conflicts...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health outcomes of diabetic patients in Puerto Rico, b...
The area of disaster management has become increasingly prominent in a context of frequent political...
Hundreds of millions of people are affected by disasters each year. This thesis explores the use of ...
This research starts by introducingthe topic ofdisaster relief management and underlines theimportan...
Resilient infrastructure is imperative especially following natural or manmade disasters. The abilit...
Resilient Infrastructure and Elasticity of Cargo Movement Following a Natural Disaster Keywords: Res...
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, ...
To write the motivation of a thesis in the context of humanitarian relief while keeping up to date i...
A successful deployment of logistics operations following a disaster is a collective contribution of...
In September 2017, two Category-5 hurricanes struck the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) within a period o...
The purpose of this paper is to improve disaster management models, have an optimal distribution of ...
Disasters recently received the attention of the Operations Research community due to the great pote...
Hurricane Maria made landfall over Puerto Rico in 2017 as a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of...
While logistics research recently has placed increased focus on disruptionmanagement, few studies ha...
McNeil, SueHumanitarian logistics is the lifeline between food and those impacted by armed conflicts...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health outcomes of diabetic patients in Puerto Rico, b...
The area of disaster management has become increasingly prominent in a context of frequent political...