Related review papers and gaps in the literature
| Study | Area of focus | Gaps |
|---|---|---|
| Altay et al. (2024) | Innovations in humanitarian supply chain management | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to innovations in the humanitarian context |
| Alturki and Lee (2024) | Multicriteria models in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to optimisation models with multiple criteria |
| Balcik et al. (2016) | Inventory management models in humanitarian supply chains | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on inventory, not facility and distribution aspects |
| Boonmee et al. (2017) | Facility location models in emergency humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on facility location, not inventory and distribution aspects |
| Caunhye et al. (2012) | Optimisation models in emergency logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; Includes a few early prepositioning studies up to 2011 |
| Dönmez et al. (2021) | Facility location models under uncertainty in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to uncertainty paradigms in humanitarian facility location models |
| Grass and Fischer (2016) | Two-stage stochastic models in disaster management | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to stochastic modelling and solution approaches |
| Kamyabniya et al. (2024) | Optimisation models in response operations | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to the post-disaster phase |
| Rodríguez-Espíndola et al. (2023) | Involvement of decision makers in optimisation models in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on the participation of practitioners in model development |
| Rojas Trejos et al. (2022) | Aid distribution and restoring access in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on distribution, not facility and inventory aspects |
| * Sabbaghtorkan et al. (2020) | Prepositioning models in disaster management and their methodological aspects | Focus on models’ classification, not the qualitative foundation behind model design; Includes studies up to 2018 |
| * Sharifi-Sedeh et al. (2020) | Factors affecting prepositioning for natural hazards | Focus on location, not inventory and distribution aspects; Partially covers the literature (22 papers) up to 2018 |
| Ye et al. (2020) | Disaster relief inventory management for natural hazards | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on inventory, not facility and distribution aspects |
| Study | Area of focus | Gaps |
|---|---|---|
| Innovations in humanitarian supply chain management | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to innovations in the humanitarian context | |
| Multicriteria models in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to optimisation models with multiple criteria | |
| Inventory management models in humanitarian supply chains | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on inventory, not facility and distribution aspects | |
| Facility location models in emergency humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on facility location, not inventory and distribution aspects | |
| Optimisation models in emergency logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; Includes a few early prepositioning studies up to 2011 | |
| Facility location models under uncertainty in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to uncertainty paradigms in humanitarian facility location models | |
| Two-stage stochastic models in disaster management | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to stochastic modelling and solution approaches | |
| Optimisation models in response operations | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; limited to the post-disaster phase | |
| Involvement of decision makers in optimisation models in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on the participation of practitioners in model development | |
| Aid distribution and restoring access in humanitarian logistics | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on distribution, not facility and inventory aspects | |
| * | Prepositioning models in disaster management and their methodological aspects | Focus on models’ classification, not the qualitative foundation behind model design; Includes studies up to 2018 |
| * | Factors affecting prepositioning for natural hazards | Focus on location, not inventory and distribution aspects; Partially covers the literature (22 papers) up to 2018 |
| Disaster relief inventory management for natural hazards | Not specifically focused on prepositioning; focus on inventory, not facility and distribution aspects |
*Dedicated prepositioning reviews