Over the last two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been plague by conflicts that has caused the lives of millions of Congolese in the eastern parts of the country while displacing many more. These multifaceted man-made conflicts have contributed to the crumbling of the regional infrastructures and transportation system, to insecurity, poverty and many more. Despite the region huge human, minerals, forestry and energy potential for development, the DRC authorities and international organizations operating in the region have largely failed to ensure farmers, miners, scholars of the Eastern Congo safety during their day to day routine. It is for such reason, humanitarian reliefs are needed to supplement any shortfalls in term of foods, medicines, shelters and others. This research aimed at optimizing prepositioned relief supply to the region. This study intends first to identify potential prepositioned relief locations in the three most conflicts heated provinces in the Eastern Congo (Ituri, South Kivu and North Kivu). Then, the study uses transportation problem in minimizing the total costs and the total time of distributing goods from supply points (sources) to a number of demand points (destinations). The model outcome reveals that by incorporating all transportation modes into the operation, humanitarian organizations are more flexible against infrastructures, health or security challenges that often ravage Eastern Congo.

在过去的二十年中，刚果民主共和国（DRC）饱受冲突的困扰，这些冲突在该国东部地区造成数百万刚果人民的生命，同时使更多人流离失所。这些多方面的人为冲突造成了区域基础设施和运输系统的崩溃，不安全，贫困等等。尽管该地区具有巨大的人力，矿产，林业和能源发展潜力，但刚果民主共和国当局和在该地区开展活动的国际组织在日常工作中仍未能确保农民，矿工，东部刚果学者的安全。出于这种原因，需要人道主义救济来补充粮食，药品，住房和其他方面的不足。这项研究旨在优化该地区的预先安置的救济供应。这项研究首先要确定在刚果东部三个冲突最激烈的省份（伊图里，南基伍和北基伍）潜在的预先确定的救济地点。然后，该研究使用运输问题来最大程度地减少从供应点（来源）到多个需求点（目的地）分配货物的总成本和总时间。该模型的结果表明，通过将所有运输方式纳入行动，人道主义组织可以更灵活地应对经常破坏东部刚果的基础设施，健康或安全挑战。南基伍和北基伍）。然后，该研究使用运输问题来最大程度地减少从供应点（来源）到多个需求点（目的地）分配货物的总成本和总时间。该模型的结果表明，通过将所有运输方式纳入行动，人道主义组织可以更灵活地应对经常破坏东部刚果的基础设施，健康或安全挑战。南基伍和北基伍）。然后，该研究使用运输问题来最大程度地减少从供应点（来源）到多个需求点（目的地）分配货物的总成本和总时间。该模型的结果表明，通过将所有运输方式纳入行动，人道主义组织可以更灵活地应对经常破坏东部刚果的基础设施，健康或安全挑战。