Overview
- Combines humanitarian logistics with behavioural operations research
- Provides a holistic view of decision-making processes in the humanitarian sector
- Discusses the main strategic challenges faced by various actors when facing humanitarian crises
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This book brings together research in humanitarian operations, behavioral operations and dynamic simulation. Part I outlines the main characteristics and strategic challenges of humanitarian organizations in preparedness, knowledge management, climate change and issues related to refugees and social inclusion. Part II gives an introduction to behavioral operations and experiments in single- and multi-agent settings, followed by discussions on quantal theory, framing effect and possible applications in the humanitarian sector. Part III introduces system dynamics and agent-based modeling and discusses how these techniques can be used to study dynamics and decision-making in humanitarian operations. This book is unique in providing a holistic view of the decision-making process and challenges in the humanitarian sector.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Strategy
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Front Matter
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Dynamics
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sebastián Villa is Assistant Professor in the School of Management at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.
Gloria Urrea is a visiting researcher at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA. She holds a Ph.D. from the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland.
Jaime Andrés Castañeda is Principal Professor in the School of Management at the Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
Erik R. Larsen is Professor in the Department of Management, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decision-making in Humanitarian Operations
Book Subtitle: Strategy, Behavior and Dynamics
Editors: Sebastián Villa, Gloria Urrea, Jaime Andrés Castañeda, Erik R. Larsen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91509-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91508-1Published: 06 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91509-8Published: 27 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 317
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Logistics, Sustainability Management, Supply Chain Management