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Integrating Deprivation Costs into Location-Allocation Model with Point-to-Point Distribution

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
Traditional facility location models used in industry are not adequate to decide facility locations for points of distribution in the context of post-disaster humanitarian logistics (PD-HL). They focus on facility placement and logistics costs, but deprivation costs, or cost of human suffering resulting for the deprivation of critical supplies are often omitted in objective function formulation. This thesis develops a mathematical model to determine facility location for points of distribution (PODs) and optimal delivery strategy for serving demand points. This model considers a combined set covering facility location and point-to-point inventory allocation model with the objective of minimizing social cost; including facility placement, logistics, and deprivation costs. The model is used to analyze the best facility location and delivery strategies in the context of natural disasters. This research highlights the importance of considering the temporal component of the system and resulting deprivation costs when making facility location decisions. This model contributes to the current research by integrating deprivation cost functions into the objective function of facility location decisions in PD-HL. It also allows for demand nodes to be served from multiple PODs. This is significant in conditions when one POD may not have the inventory to serve all demand points that it has been assigned. In practice, this model can help decision makers determine optimal facility locations for PODs as well as approximate the level of service that must be supplied at each demand point to reduce the suffering or survivors at each location. The model is solved using both a mixed integer nonlinear programming model (MINLP) and a heuristic approach developed to address some challenges that nonlinear solution presents.
Felipe Aros-Vera (Advisor)
107 p.

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  • Loree, N. A. (2017). Integrating Deprivation Costs into Location-Allocation Model with Point-to-Point Distribution [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1504264228262829

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Loree, Nicholas. Integrating Deprivation Costs into Location-Allocation Model with Point-to-Point Distribution. 2017. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1504264228262829.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Loree, Nicholas. "Integrating Deprivation Costs into Location-Allocation Model with Point-to-Point Distribution." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1504264228262829

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)