A Model for Hurricane Evacuation

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Technology Review - September 10, 2008
"Evacuation planning is very complicated," says Ozlem Ergun, an associate professor at the Stewart School of ISyE and co-director of the Research Center for Humanitarian Logistics at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute. "Given how bad the [2005 hurricane] Katrina process was, it is evident that there is a big need for this to be done in a systematic way."

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/21353/?a=f

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  • Created By: Barbara Christopher
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  • Created On: Sep 9, 2008 - 8:00pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:06pm