| Sets and indicators |
| DC | Potential DC locations set | L | DNs set |
| G | Nodes set | PROD | Relief commodities set |
| PRODNC | Non-emergency commodities set | PRODC | Emergency commodities set |
| Roads between two nodes set | TV | Available vehicles set |
| i,j | Nodes indicator | q | Potential DCs' location indicator |
| P | Relief commodity indicator | r | Road indicator |
| v | Vehicle indicator | h | DC location factors indicator |
| Parameters |
| K | Maximum number of DCs | | Time upper bound |
| Inf | Upper bound of non-emergency relief commodities that can be sent to one DN | | DC q's capacity of product type p |
| Vehicle type v's capacity of product p | | DN j's demand for product p () |
| DN j's uncertain demand for product p () | | The time interval between nodes i and j through road r |
| A binary parameter, determining whether road r between two nodes i and j is available or not | | Cost of going from node i to node j through road r and vehicle type v |
| Upper bound of the service time window of DN i | | Emergency operation start time from DC q through vehicle v |
| Disaster severity rate at DN j | | Distance between DC q and DN j |
| Safety rate of DC q | | The technological level of DC q |
| Road availability of DC q | | Weight of location criteria h |
| Total uncertain available budget | | Fixed cost of opening DC q |
| Decision variables |
| Binary variable to determine whether DC q is chosen or not | | Binary variable to determine whether vehicle v is allocated to DC q or not |
| Binary variable to determine if the distance between nods i and j is traveled through road r and by vehicle v | | Number of non-emergency relief commodity p which is sent to DN i by vehicle v |
| Arrival time at DN j by vehicle v | | Return time to DC q |