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1、ORSpectrumDOI10.1007/s00291-011-0255-2REGULARARTICLEAnenterprisemodellingapproachforbetteroptimisationmodelling:applicationtothehumanitarianreliefchaincoordinationproblemAurelieCharles·MatthieuLauras©Springer-Verlag2011AbstractHumanitariansupplychains(HSC)canbeconsideredanewresearcharea.The
2、numberofappliedscientificpublicationshasconsiderablyincreasedoverthepast15years.Abouthalfofthisresearchworkusesquantitativetechniquesasoptimisationdecision-supportsystems.Butduetotherecentnessofthisacademicarea,researchersarefindingitdifficulttodevelopaccurate,andaboveall,reliablemathematicalm
3、odelstosupporttheirstepstowardsimprovement.ThisisparticularlytrueconcerningthecrucialproblemsofcoordinationinHSCs.Thispapertacklestheissuebydevelop-inganoriginalquantitativemodellingsupportmethod.Basedonenterprisemodellingmethodologies,weproposeabusinessprocessmodellingapproachthathelpsinun
4、der-standing,analysing,evaluatingandthendevelopingtheformalexpressionofanHSC.Suchamodel,therefore,clearlyhasanaddedvalueforpractitionersandshouldenablerelevantquantitativemodelstobeproduced.Finally,anapplicationontheemergencyresponseprocessesoftheInternationalFederationofRedCrossisdetailedi
5、nordertovalidatetherelevanceandtheapplicabilityofourproposal.Thisexperimentallowsallthevariablesandparametersthatshouldbeusefulforimprovingtheefficiencyofthenetworktobeidentified.KeywordsOptimisationmodelling·Humanitariansupplychains·Enterprisemodelling·Coordination·ReliefchainsA.Charles(B)·M
6、.LaurasUniversiteToulouse,MinesAlbi,Albi,Francee-mail:aurelie.charles@mines-albi.frM.LaurasUniversiteToulouse,ToulouseBusinessSchool,Toulouse,France123A.Charles,M.Lauras1IntroductionThenumberofscientificarticlesdedicatedtothestudyofthehumanitariansupplychain(HSC),eithergeneralorfocussedonasp
7、ecificissue,wasremarkablylow5yearsago.Thishaschangedrecentlywiththepublicationofasubstantialnumberofpapersrelatedtodisastermanagement.Therewere120publicationsregisteredin2009onthistopicintheScienceDirectdatabasecomparedtoonly20publicationsin1997.According