In this paper, we propose an HTN planning algorithm named GSCCB-SHOP2 to handle multi-capacity discrete resources and complex temporal constraints simultaneously during planning. T…

This article establishes a hierarchical supplement location-allocation optimization model for both the preparedness and response phases based on a multi-level coverage and supplemental site …

This paper proposes a Resource Enhanced HTN (REHTN) planning approach for emergency decision-making with the objective to enhance the expressive power and improve the processin…

Based on the analysis of relief operation objectives, relief resource requirement characters and emergency response cost elements, a multi-objective optimal decision model is established for r…

A trauma emergency system that includes 46 low-level trauma centers and 8 high-level trauma centers was constructed using the hierarchical location-allocation model and an ACO algorithm.

Natural and man-made disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, plane crashes, high-rise building collapses, major nuclear facility malfunctions, pose an ever-present challenge to public emergen…

It generates an optimal deployment plan so that emergency sites with highest priorities for a resource are assigned that resource in the least amount of time. The optimal solution is presente…

This paper, based on the characteristics and requirements of the emergency resource allocation, respectively established the single objective model of the emergency resource allocation which …

The goal is to allocate effectively the limited resources during the response so as to improve patient outcomes, while the objectives are to minimize the overall response time and the total flo…

This paper views the location of emergency facilities as a set covering problem with equal costs in the objective. The sets are composed of the potential facility points within a specified time or dist…