A robust optimization approach to volunteer management in humanitarian crises
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.02.018
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Volunteer management model; Humanitarian relief organization; Volunteer training; Humanitarian crisis scenarios; Robust optimization;All these keywords.
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