Decision support in supply chain management for disaster relief in Somalia

dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Estelle
dc.contributor.authorYadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma
dc.contributor.authorCarstens, Herman
dc.contributor.emailestelle.vanwyk@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-21T13:40:39Z
dc.date.available2013-06-21T13:40:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractSomalia, a country situated in Eastern Africa has been struggling between rival warlords and an inability to deal with famine. Diseases have resulted to the deaths of up to millions of people. According to a New York Times article on 25 November 2011, Somalia has become a suffering and failed state. The inadequate infrastructure and poorly planned logistics of Somalia may lead to the destruction of the country. To address these concerns, it is necessary that humanitarian aid is prepositioned to provide victims with sufficient relief. This chapter addresses some of the issues in supply chain management with the trade-off between stockpile cost and shortage cost by using pre-emptive multi-objective programming. The proposed criteria of the model are described. This is followed by a case study based on Somalia, illustrating the functionality of the model.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2013en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation and the University of Pretoria.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.springer.com/series/11156en_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Wyk, E, Yadavalli, VSS & Carstens, H 2013, 'Decision support in supply chain management for disaster relief in Somalia', Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , vol. 203, pp. 13-22.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2194-5357 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2194-5365 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/978-3-642-35461-8_2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21684
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rightsSpringer-Verlag Berlin Heidelbergen_US
dc.subjectSomaliaen_US
dc.subjectChain Managementen_US
dc.subjectDisaster reliefen_US
dc.titleDecision support in supply chain management for disaster relief in Somaliaen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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