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Many-Objective Simulation Optimization for Camp Location Problems in Humanitarian Logistics
Yani Xue1, *
Miqing Li2
Hamid Arabnejad1
Diana Suleimenova1
Alireza Jahani1
Bernhard C. Geiger3
Freek Boesjes4
Anastasia Anagnostou1
Simon J. E. Taylor1
Xiaohui Liu1
Derek Groen1, *
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Submitted: 10 Mar 2024 | Accepted: 19 Aug 2024 | Published: 26 Sept 2024

Abstract

Humanitarian organizations face a rising number of people fleeing violence or persecution, people who need their protection and support. When this support is given in the right locations, it can be timely, effective and cost-efficient. Successful refugee settlement planning not only considers the support needs of displaced people, but also local environmental conditions and available resources for ensuring survival and health. It is indeed very challenging to find optimal locations for establishing a new refugee camp that satisfy all these objectives. In this paper, we present a novel formulation of the facility location problem with a simulation-based evolutionary many-objective optimization approach to address this problem. We show how this approach, applied to migration simulations, can inform camp selection decisions by demonstrating it for a recent conflict in South Sudan. Our approach may be applicable to diverse humanitarian contexts, and the experimental results have shown it is capable of providing a set of solutions that effectively balance up to five objectives.

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Xue, Y., Li, M., Arabnejad, H., Suleimenova, D., Jahani, A., C. Geiger, B., Boesjes, F., Anagnostou, A., Taylor, S. J. E., Liu, X., & Groen, D. (2024). Many-Objective Simulation Optimization for Camp Location Problems in Humanitarian Logistics. International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence, 3(3), 100017. https://doi.org/10.53941/ijndi.2024.100017
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