A decision making approach for post-disaster multi-criteria facility location- assignment problem

ABSTRACT: The recent experiences on logistical challenges of accessing to emergency distribution centers at the disaster affected areas have increased the attention and importance on relief network design decisions. In this study, we address post-disaster multi-criteria facility location-assignment problem and propose a decision making approach quantitatively modeling the significant performance metrics of the relief chains (equity, accessibility, mobility, reliability and cost) based on additive utility theory. We also present a real-life example of GRASP for two possible earthquake scenarios of Istanbul.