An Internet of Things based material delivery model for disaster management in libraries

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-11-2017-0252
Date04 October 2019
Published date04 October 2019
Pages181-194
AuthorJianliang Yang,Hanping Hou,Yong Chen,Lu Han
Subject MatterLibrary & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology,Information behaviour & retrieval,Information user studies,Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet
An Internet of Things based
material delivery model for
disaster management in libraries
Jianliang Yang
School of Economics and Management,
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Hanping Hou
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Yong Chen
A.R. Sanchez Jr School of Business,
Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, USA, and
Lu Han
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Abstract
Purpose Based onthe context of the Internetof Things (IoT), the territorialpublic emergency supplieswill be
networked, platform-based management,unified emergency dispatch. The problemof supplies dispatching in
the last kilometerofemergency is solved, andthe supplies needed in the disasterarea are promptly delivered
to the hands of thevictims so that they can quickly be rescuedafter the disaster and to savevaluable time for
rapid rescue,which can greatly decreasecasualties and property losses.This paper aims to discuss theseissues.
Design/methodology/approach By analyzing the shortage of existing emergency supplies dispatching
research and taking all factors such as disaster area demand, social reserve, road conditions, mode of
transport, loading limit, disaster area satisfaction rate and road capacity into consideration under the
background of IoT, a variety of the territorial emergency supplies dispatching model with more rescue points,
more affected areas are constructed. The objective function of the model is to aim in finding the shortest
rescue time, giving the solution algorithm, and finally simulating the simulation case.
Findings Based on the context of the IoT, the territorial public emergency supplies will be networked,
platform-based management, unified emergency dispatch. Considering factors such as road conditions,
modes of transport and road capacity, the authors construct a number of emergency rescue plans, multiple
disaster scenarios and various emergency supplies dispatching models. The authors simulate the situation
through simulation cases with the shortest time being the ultimate goal. The problem of supplies dispatching
in the last kilometerof emergency is solved, and the supplies needed in the disaster area are promptly
delivered to the hands of the victims so that they can quickly be rescued after the disaster and to save
valuable time for rapid rescue, which can greatly decrease casualties and property losses.
Originality/value This paper provides little research on the dispatch of emergency supplies. The
problems of direct dispatch from the rescue point to the affected area and dispatch of supplies without relying
on the arrival of emergency supplies at the rear are addressed. Therefore, this study does not focus on the
arrival of emergency supplies at the rear but on direct dispatching issues during territorial public emergency
supplies from the rescue point to the disaster point.
Keywords Library, Internet of Things, Disaster recovery, Disaster management, Emergency response,
Emergency delivery
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
Librariesare repositories of cultural heritage.They are vulnerable to a wide range of disasters
(Matthews and Eden, 1996a). According to Goedeken (2008), antiquity libraries have
suffered disasters caused by wars and lootings, earthquakes, fires, as well as political and
Received 29 November 2017
Revised 30 August 2018
24 May 2019
5 June 2019
Accepted 30 June 2019
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This paper is supported by National Key R&D Plan of China under Grant No. 2016YFC0803207 and
Chinese National Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists under Grant No. 2019M650455.
Disaster
management
in libraries
LibraryHi Tech
Vol.38 No. 1, 2020
pp.181-194
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DOI10.1108/LHT-11-2017-0252
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