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A multi-agent optimization formulation of earthquake disaster prevention and management

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  • Edrissi, Ali
  • Poorzahedy, Hossain
  • Nassiri, Habibollah
  • Nourinejad, Mehdi

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Natural earthquake disasters are unprecedented incidents which take many lives as a consequence and cause major damages to lifeline infrastructures. Various agencies in a country are responsible for reducing such adverse impacts within specific budgets. These responsibilities range from before to after the incident, targeting one of the main phases of disaster management (mitigation, preparedness, and response). Use of OR in disaster management and coordination of its phases has been mostly ignored and highly recommended in former reviews. This paper presents a formulation to coordinate three main agencies and proposes a heuristic approach to solve the different introduced sub-problems. The results show an improvement of 7.5–24% when the agencies are coordinated.

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  • Edrissi, Ali & Poorzahedy, Hossain & Nassiri, Habibollah & Nourinejad, Mehdi, 2013. "A multi-agent optimization formulation of earthquake disaster prevention and management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 229(1), pages 261-275.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:229:y:2013:i:1:p:261-275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.008
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