"A Depot Location Model for Electric Power Restoration"
Proceedings of the 25-th Inter'l Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering,
New Orleans, LA, March, pp. 507-510, 1999.
by Wang, S., B.R. Sarker, L. Mann, Jr., and E. Triantaphyllou
Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to develop a depot location model
to manage the resources needed for restoring power efficiently and economically
to an area affected by a disaster. The problem simultaneously locates depots
and determines the amounts of the resources shipped from the depots to each point
of demand to satisfy the demand of the various locations in order to minimize the total
transportation cost. A mathematical model is developed on an incremental basis as the
problems become complex. The results show that the optimal model can be used in power
restoration management. For a large size problem, a two-phase heuristic is developed.
Key Words:
Power restoration, depot location, linear integer programming.
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