@article{ref1,
title="A multi-stage stochastic program for evacuation management under tornado track uncertainty",
journal="Transportation research part E: logistics and transportation review",
year="2019",
author="Karabuk, Suleyman and Manzour, Hasan",
volume="124",
number="",
pages="128-151",
abstract="This paper introduces a multi-stage optimization model that identifies an optimal evacuation plan in response to spatial-temporal weather-events with track uncertainty. We establish how a multi-stage model can effectively take into account track uncertainty to generate a better evacuation plan. In particular, we study evacuation management for hazardous convective weather events (e.g., tornadoes) that cause hundreds of fatalities in the US every year. The common practice against a tornado threat is shelter-in-place. In our computational results, we quantify the benefits and costs of evacuation as a response policy in comparison to the status quo policy, i.e., shelter-in-place.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1366-5545",
doi="10.1016/j.tre.2019.02.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.02.005"
}