Journal article
The two-echelon island fuel distribution problem
European journal of operational research, Vol.302(3), pp.999-1017
11/01/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.01.030
Abstract
After a natural disaster on an island, fuel demand often increases significantly, making it one of the highest priority relief items. FEMA has proposed a plan to use ships to transport fuel for delivery to dispensing sites. Even if the location of the fuel dispensing sites is determined by the location of population centers, there remain questions about how many ships to use, which ports should be visited by the ships, and what points of origin to use for these ships to minimize the maximum time a citizen must wait for access to fuel. We model this new problem with a two-echelon fuel distribution network, show how to make it computationally tractable, and provide a case study for Puerto Rico that reveals important insights. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The two-echelon island fuel distribution problem
- Creators
- Vahid Eghbal Akhlaghi - University of IowaAnn Melissa Campbell - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- European journal of operational research, Vol.302(3), pp.999-1017
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.01.030
- ISSN
- 0377-2217
- eISSN
- 1872-6860
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380472102771
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