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    • A Decision support system for shelter site selection with GIS intergration : case for Turkey 

      Kılcı, Fırat (Bilkent University, 2012)
      In this study, a methodology for locating shelter sites after a disaster is developed. Currently, in Turkey, Turkish Red Crescent is responsible for selecting the location of shelter areas. First, they identify the ...

    • Fiber optical network design problems : case for Turkey 

      Yazar, Başak (Bilkent University, 2013)
      The problems within scope of this thesis are based on an application arising from one of the largest Internet service providers operating in Turkey. There are mainly two different problems: the green field design and ...

    • A GIS based analysis for transportation of hazardous materials from different perspectives 

      Ümit, Hakan (Bilkent University, 2002)
      Transportation of hazardous materials (hazmats) has been calling attention of regulators, hazmat carriers, environmentalist groups and academia for many years. In the hazmat literature, there exists two different hazmat ...

    • The hazardous waste location-routing problem 

      Alumur, Sibel (Bilkent University, 2003)
      As a result of high industrialization and technology hazardous waste management problem has now become an unavoidable problem of the world. Hazardous waste management involves collection, transportation, treatment and ...

    • The hub covering problem over incomplete hub networks 

      Kalaycılar, Murat (Bilkent University, 2006)
      The rising trend in the transportation and telecommunication systems increases the importance of hub location studies in recent years. Hubs are special types of facilities in many-to-many distribution systems where flows ...

    • Hub location and Hub network design 

      Alumur, Sibel Alev (Bilkent University, 2009)
      he hub location problem deals with finding the location of hub facilities and allocating the demand nodes to these hub facilities so as to effectively route the demand between origin–destination pairs. Hub location ...

    • Hub location and routing problem 

      Bayraktar, Sinan (Bilkent University, 2016-01)
      Hubs are special facilities that consolidate and disseminate ows in many-to-many distribution systems. The hub location problem aims to nd locations of hubs and allocate non-hub nodes directly to the hubs. However, ...

    • Hub location problem for air-ground transportation sistems with time restrictions 

      Elmastaş, Seda (Bilkent University, 2006)
      In this thesis, we study the problem of designing a service network for cargo delivery sector. We analyzed the structure of cargo delivery firms in Turkey and identified the features of the network. Generally, in the ...

    • Hub location under competition 

      Mahmutoğulları, Ali İrfan (Bilkent University, 2013)
      Hubs are consolidation and dissemination points in many-to-many flow networks. The hub location problem is to locate hubs among available nodes and allocate non-hub nodes to these hubs. The mainstream hub location studies ...

    • Intermodal transportation of hazardous materials with supplier selection : application in Turkey 

      Elaldı, Pelin (Bilkent University, 2011)
      Fuel transportation constitutes a significant portion of hazardous materials transportation for decades. Fuel companies generally prefer highway transportation whereas railway transportation is also a potential alternative ...

    • Location of natural disasters search and rescue (SAR) units in sectors 

      Uluğ, Murat (Bilkent University, 2003)
      Disasters are extreme events that cause great loss of life and property and create severe disruption to human activities. After August 17, 1999 Earthquake, Turkish Armed Forces decided to improve its capabilities on ...

    • Mobile blood donation logistics : case for Turkish Red Crescent 

      Şahinyazan, Feyza Güliz (Bilkent University, 2012)
      Blood transfusion is one of the most critical operations in various medical interventions. Currently, the only authorized way of securing the required blood for transfusion is through voluntary donations. For this reason, ...

    • Mobile health services for rubal areas in Turkey : a case study for Burdur 

      Kurugöl, Damla (Bilkent University, 2013)
      Currently, healthcare services in urban areas are provided by family health centers coordinated by community health centers. By the application of family physician based system, it is planned to provide mobile healthcare ...

    • Organ transplantation logistics : case for Turkey 

      Çay, Pelin (Bilkent University, 2012)
      Organ transplantation is one of the fundamental and effective treatment techniques for the patients who have critical health problems. However, while 3,930 organs were transplanted to the patients in 2011, there still ...

    • P-hub maximal covering problem and extensions for gradual decay functions 

      Peker, Meltem (Bilkent University, 2013)
      Hubs are special facilities that serve as switching, transshipment and sorting nodes in many to many distribution systems. The hub location problem deals with the selection of the locations of hub facilities and finding ...

    • Placement of express links in a DWDM optical network 

      Şöhret, Oğuz (Bilkent University, 2005)
      With the introduction of DWDM technology in telecommunication network systems, important advancements have been achieved in the problem of routing the increasing signal traffic between demand-supply nodes. The choice of ...

    • The refugee camp management: a general framework and clean water network design 

      Akkaya, Elif (Bilkent University, 2017-01)
      Motivated by the increasing need to provide support to refugees, which remains as a pressing issue in the agenda of many countries, we consider the refugee camp management problem. It is of utmost importance that ...

    • Routing and scheduling decisions in the hierarchical hub location problem 

      Dükkancı, Okan (Bilkent University, 2013)
      Hubs are facilities that consolidate and disseminate flow in many-to-many distribution systems. The hub location problem considers decisions including the locations of hubs on a network and also the allocations of the ...

    • Solution methodologies for debris : removal during disaster response phase 

      Berktaş, Nihal (Bilkent University, 2014)
      During the disaster response phase of the emergency relief, the aim is to reduce loss of human life by reaching disaster affected areas with relief items as soon as possible. Debris caused by the disaster blocks the roads ...

    • A unified model for hazardous waste management problem : application in Turkey 

      Emek, Evren (Bilkent University, 2003)
      In real life a number of institutions, typically with conflicting objectives, are affected from the hazardous waste management problem. We investigate all related issues in the hazardous waste management from each ...