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TY - JOUR
T1 - An Integrated Framework for managing Emergency-Response Logistics
T2 - the case of the electric utility companies
AU - Zografos, Konstantinos
AU - Douligeris, C.
AU - Tsoumpas, P.
PY - 1998/5
Y1 - 1998/5
N2 - Managers of emergency response operations in electric utility companies frequently face decisions regarding the optimum deployment of the available emergency response resources. The complexity of emergency repair problems requires the development of a decision-making framework able to address strategic and tactical emergency repair issues. This paper presents an integrated framework consisting of a data management module, a vehicle monitoring and communications module and a modeling module. The functional characteristics of the proposed system are analyzed in the context of emergency repair operations of an electric utility company. Also presented is an extensive case study encompassing the three modules of the proposed decision-making system and showing the improvement in effectiveness of emergency response operations by introducing operations research techniques coupled with advanced information technologies.
AB - Managers of emergency response operations in electric utility companies frequently face decisions regarding the optimum deployment of the available emergency response resources. The complexity of emergency repair problems requires the development of a decision-making framework able to address strategic and tactical emergency repair issues. This paper presents an integrated framework consisting of a data management module, a vehicle monitoring and communications module and a modeling module. The functional characteristics of the proposed system are analyzed in the context of emergency repair operations of an electric utility company. Also presented is an extensive case study encompassing the three modules of the proposed decision-making system and showing the improvement in effectiveness of emergency response operations by introducing operations research techniques coupled with advanced information technologies.
KW - Disaster management
KW - Logistics
KW - Power industry
KW - Decision making
KW - Resource management
KW - Vehicles
KW - Monitoring
KW - Context
KW - Operations research
KW - Information technology
U2 - 10.1109/17.669744
DO - 10.1109/17.669744
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 115
EP - 126
JO - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
JF - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
SN - 0018-9391
IS - 2
ER -