A New Method for Measuring Food-Aid Accessibility Considering Sustainability Constraints

Monirehalsadat Mahmoudi, Khadijeh Shirzad, Ying Song

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of resource-constrained accessibility and propose a new measurement, called space-time-resource hyper prism, to measure the access to food banks across service areas considering economic and environmental barriers such as monetary and CO emission budgets. We implement our method via dynamic programming and use the transportation network of the state of Michigan as a study case to demonstrate the methods and results. The scenario analysis results prove that our methods can effectively address various mobility constraints and support decision-making on sustainable resource allocations and management.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2024 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, SusTech 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages26-33
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798350394344
StatePublished - 2024
Event11th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, SusTech 2024 - Hybrid, Portland, United States
Duration: Apr 14 2024Apr 17 2024

Publication series

Name2024 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, SusTech 2024

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, SusTech 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHybrid, Portland
Period4/14/244/17/24

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Dynamic Programming
  • Space-time Prisms
  • Sustainability constraints

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