Paper Info
Title
A location model for storage of emergency supplies to respond to technological accidents in Bogota´
Abstract
The Prevention and Attention of Emergencies Fund (FOPAE) of Bogotá currently counts with one warehouse where physical equipment and supplies are stored to respond to different types of emergencies, including technological incidents. The transfer time of these items from the only existing warehouse to an emergency location is a critical factor to reduce the human causalities. To this end and in collaboration with FOPAE, we propose a linear optimization model to determine the optimal location of these warehouses in order to minimize the total costs and subject to covering at least a certain percentage of the affected people and considering the feasible locations for this purpose. Then, using a Monte Carlo simulation method we compare the performance of relief logistics with our proposed solution to that of the existing conditions. This study shows an improvement of over 27% in the average travel times with our proposed solution.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/WSC.2012.6465123
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
Monte Carlo methods,accidents,cost reduction,emergency management,emergency services,facility location,linear programming,transportation,warehousing,Bogota,Colombia,FOPAE,Monte Carlo simulation method,Prevention and Attention of Emergencies Fund,emergencies,emergency location,emergency supply storage,human causality reduction,item transfer time,linear optimization model,location feasibility,location model,physical equipment storage,physical supplies storage,relief logistics performance,technological accident,technological incident,total cost minimization,travel time,warehouse optimal location
Monte Carlo method,Computer science,Simulation,Transport engineering,Emergency management,Facility location problem,Linear programming,Location model,Total cost,Cost reduction
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0891-7736 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-4781-5
978-1-4673-4781-5
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ridley S. Morales Mahecha100.34
Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei26611.78