New Jersey Chapter
Date:
Thursday February 23, 2012
Location:
Room 169, RUTCOR Building
Busch Campus, Rutgers University
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Mixer
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-7:40 Chapter Business Meeting
7:40-9:00 Presentation
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Chapter Business meeting:
To discuss future chapter activities. An election of officers will be held prior to the presentation. Anyone interested in serving as an officer or helping with chapter activities should contact one of the following people:
Robert Rose
David Hunt
Karen Balasaygun
Keh-Wei Lih
Case Study Based Evaluation of a Stochastic Multi-Commodity Emergency Inventory Management Model

Eren Erman Ozguven
Research Assistant
Rutgers University Intelligent Transportation Systems (RITS) Lab

Eren Erman Ozguven is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with concentration in Emergency Planning and Humanitarian Logistics, working under the supervision of Dr. Kaan Ozbay and the committee members Robert Noland, Hani Nassif and Eric Gonzales. He defended his dissertation on November 29th, 2011 and completed his Ph.D. requirements on January, 2012. He received his M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering on port planning and management from Bogazici University in Turkey in 2006.

His research interests are focused on inventory management and control during emergency relief operations, modeling of emergency evacuation operations, simulation and modeling of transportation networks, transportation demand modeling, intelligent transportation systems, port operations and management, and stochastic traffic assignment and optimization.

Eren Erman Ozguven has authored 5 journal papers, 13 international conference proceedings, and 2 technical reports. He has been a referee for Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Record and IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Abstract

Over the last three decades, disasters worldwide claimed more than 3 million lives and adversely affected lives of at least 1 billion people. Emergency disaster management has emerged as a vital tool to reduce the harm and alleviate the suffering these disasters cause to its victims. A significant task of planners involved in the emergency disaster management is the ability to plan for and satisfy the vital needs of the people located in the emergency shelters, such as the Superdome shelter at New Orleans. This task requires finding a way to reduce the uncertainties associated with the emergency operations, and to estimate the possible expected costs of delivery and consumption of vital supplies throughout these operations. This paper attempts to address these issues by applying a case study based approach to demonstrate the usefulness of using a multi-commodity stochastic humanitarian inventory control model while estimating the minimum safety stock levels of the emergency inventories. First, emergency inventory management problem is briefly discussed and previous emergency inventory studies are reviewed to identify the need for a stochastic multi-commodity emergency inventory management model. After introducing the mathematical formulation for the model, it is applied to a number of realistic case studies built based on the experiences in recent major disasters, such as Katrina. The paper is concluded by a summary of lessons learned for the model when applied on a wide range of scenarios drawn from real-life experiences, and used to create emergency inventory management strategies for different types of disasters.

Mixer and dinner (alter among pizza, Chinese, ... from meeting to meeting) cost is $10.00 ($3.00 for students) to be paid at the door. Note also that 2012 chapter dues of $10 for INFORMS National Member or $11 for Non-member may be paid at the door. Student or retiree dues: $3.00. Attendance at the lecture will be for NJ and NY Metro INFORMS members only. NJ Chapter membership forms will be available at the door. Further information can be obtained by contacting Sylvia Halasz at halasz@att.com. Visit NJ INFORMS Chapter home page at http://rutcor.rutgers.edu/~lih/informs/njchap.html

Driving Directions to RUTCOR, Busch Campus, Rutgers University

From Route 1 and Turnpike:
Get on Route 18 West/North and follow directions below.
From Route 18:
1. Follow Route 18 North (or West - signs differ, mean the same) to New Brunswick area.
2. Follow Route 18 North along river over big bridge across river and take exit for Busch Campus.
3. Bear right at the traffic circle onto Bartholomew Road.
4. Turn left at the first stop sign onto Brett Road.
5. Follow Brett Road to the end, bear left into furthest parking lot (lot #64).
6. Follow cement walk past the Winlab modular building to the RUTCOR modular building set back in the woods.
From Route 287 North:
1. Take Exit 9 (formerly Exit 5, Bound Brook / Highland Park).
2. Turn left from off ramp (towards Highland Park).
3. Follow River Road (approx. 4 miles) to the 6th light.
4. Make a left onto Route 18 north.
5. Take the first, Busch Campus, exit.
6. Bear right at the traffic circle onto Bartholomew Road.
7. Turn left at the first stop sign onto Brett Road.
8. Follow Brett Road to the end, bear left into furthest parking lot (lot #64).
9. Follow cement walk past the Winlab modular building to the RUTCOR modular building set back in the woods.
From Route 287 South:
Take Exit 9 (formerly Exit 5, Bound Brook / Highland Park).
Bear right and follow above directions.
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