Journal of Industrial Management Perspective

Journal of Industrial Management Perspective

A New Stochastic Model for Emergency Location Problem with Minimax Regret Model (Case Study: Mashhad)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Farshid Esmaeeli Kakhaki 1
Zahra Naji Azimi 2
Alireza Pooya 3
Ahmad Tavakoli 4
1 Ph.D, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
2 Associate Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
3 Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
4 Assistant professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
10.52547/jimp.10.2.161
Abstract
The recent increase in the number of natural disasters, earthquake in particular, underlines the need to investigate the problem of emergency location. In this study, a new hybrid approach is presented for emergency location-allocation problem which incorporates GIS, system dynamics, Coburn and Spence model, and stochastic programming. In the proposed approach, first, the candidate places are identified based on a number of indices using GIS. Since the emergency location demand is considered as an uncertain parameter depending on different scenarios of the earthquake, in the next step, a combination of system dynamics and the casualty estimation model proposed by Coburn and Spence is used to estimate the demand. Then, proposing a stochastic location-allocation model, the demand is assigned to the candidate places determined by GIS. Finally, the minimax regret model is used to identify the final locations.
Keywords
System Dynamics
Location-Allocation Problem
Coburn and Spence Equation
Minimax Regret Model
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