Title :
A heuristic approach to Red Crescent aid depots location problem
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Turkish Air Force Command, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth´s surface. Earthquakes strike suddenly, without warning, and they can occur at any time of the year, day or night. After the earthquake, in parallel with the search and rescue operations aids should be sent to the survivors. Seismic map of Turkey is examined in this study. Delivery of aid as soon as possible to those in need after the earthquake is of utmost importance. For to decrease the total aid delivery time, Particle Swarm Optimization applied to the results obtained by Fuzzy C-Means Clustering to determine the places that aids must be stored.
Keywords :
emergency services; facility location; fuzzy set theory; particle swarm optimisation; pattern clustering; Red Crescent aid; Turkey; aid delivery; depot location problem; earthquake; fuzzy c-means clustering; heuristic approach; particle swarm optimization; search-and-rescue operation; seismic map; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Earth; Earthquakes; Educational institutions; Particle swarm optimization; Transportation; Earthquake; Facility Location Problem; Fuzzy C-Means; Particle Swarm Optimization;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Theory and it's Applications (iFUZZY), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taichung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2057-3
DOI :
10.1109/iFUZZY.2012.6409677
