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. 2021 Oct 28;301(1):1–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.10.048

Table 1.

Literature reviews of OR applications in disaster management.

Author(s) Focus of literature review Scope of study
Review includes
Stages of DOM Types of disaster Period surveyed
Altay and Green (2006) - DOM Mit, Pre, Res, Rec Nat, Man 1980 – 2004 Sol
Simpson and Hancock (2009) - Emergency response in urban services and disaster services Res Nat, Man 1965 – 2007 Sol
Caunhye et al. (2012) - Optimisation models for emergency logistics Mit, Pre, Res Nat, Man 1980 – 2010 Par, Var, Obj, Cons
Galindo and Batta (2013) - Evaluation of the trend of articles on DOM and comparison with the review by Altay and Green (2006) Mit, Pre, Res, Rec Nat, Man 2005 – 2010 Assump, Sol
Anaya-Arenas et al. (2014) - Relief distribution network focusing on logistics perspective
- Models for location-network design and humanitarian aid transportation
Res Nat, Man 1990 – 2013 Obj, Cons, Sol
Gul and Guneri (2015) - Simulation models in an ED N/A Nat, Man 1968 – 2013 Obj
Özdamar and Ertem (2015) - Models for mass evacuation, casualty transportation, and relief distribution Res, Rec N/A 1998 – 2014 Obj, Cons, Sol
Gutjahr and Nolz (2016) - Multicriteria optimisation in humanitarian aid
- Optimisation criteria in humanitarian aid
Mit, Pre, Res, Rec Nat 2007 – 2015 Par, Obj, Sol
Ahmadi-Javid et al. (2017) - Healthcare facility location in both non-emergency and emergency situations
- Models for healthcare facility location
N/A N/A 2004 – 2015 Par, Var, Obj, Cons, Sol
Esposito Amideo et al. (2019) - Optimisation models developed for shelter location and evacuation routing
- Challenges in developing applicable optimisation models for these problems
Res Nat, Man 1980 – 2016 Par, Obj, Cons, Sol
Mishra (2019) - Simulation models in disaster management Mit, Pre, Res, Rec Nat, Man 2000 – 2016 Sol
Farahani et al. (2020) - Casualty management Res Nat, Man 1977 – 2019 Assump, Par, Var, Obj, Cons, Sol
Sabbaghtorkan et al. (2020) - Prepositioning and allocation of healthcare supplies Mit, Pre Nat 2000 – 2018 Var, Obj, Cons
This review - Coordination in the healthcare systems
- Measures of healthcare resilience
Res Nat, Man 2005 – 2020 Par, Var, Obj, Cons

Note: Mit - Mitigation, Pre - Preparedness, Res - Response, Rec - Recovery, Nat - Natural, Man - Man-made, Assump - Main assumptions, Par - Parameters, Var - Key decision variables, Obj - Objective functions, Cons - Main constraints, Sol - Solution approach, N/A - Not applicable.