Title : 
A grey degree model for facility location in large-scale emergencies
         
        
            Author : 
Xianglin, Lu ; Yunxian, Hou
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, the grey degree model formulated with maximal covering facility location requirements for large-scale emergencies is proposed to provide flexible solutions for the optimal ranges of decision variables and objective function value in emergency management. Thus, relevant decision alternatives can be generated by adjusting different combinations of the whitened decision variable values within their solution intervals and making relevant tradeoffs between system objectives/restrictions in accordance with demand condition. The grey degree maximal covering model studied in this paper is suitable for certain types of large-scale emergencies.
         
        
            Keywords : 
facility location; grey systems; decision variables; emergency management; grey degree model; large-scale emergencies; maximal covering facility location requirements; objective function value; Disaster management; Environmental economics; Guidelines; Hazardous materials; Humans; Intelligent systems; Large-scale systems; Logistics; Safety; Uncertainty;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Grey Systems and Intelligent Services, 2009. GSIS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Nanjing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4914-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4916-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/GSIS.2009.5408085