CONTROLLING INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS: A DETERMINISTIC ALLOCATION-SCHEDULING MODEL WITH MULTIPLE DISCRETE RESOURCES
CONTROLLING INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS: A DETERMINISTIC ALLOCATION-SCHEDULING MODEL WITH MULTIPLE DISCRETE RESOURCES作者机构:Department of Economics Democritus University of Thrace Komotini Greece Department of Industrial Management and Technology University of Piraeus Piraeus Greece
出 版 物:《Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering》 (系统科学与系统工程学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2017年第26卷第2期
页 面:219-239页
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学科分类:090603[农学-临床兽医学] 12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学]
主 题:Resource allocation healthcare management epidemics heuristics
摘 要:Infectious disease outbreaks occurred many times in the past and are more likely to happen in the future. In this paper the problem of allocating and scheduling limited multiple, identical or non-identical, resources employed in parallel, when there are several infected areas, is considered. A heuristic algorithm, based on Shih's (1974) and Pappis and Rachaniotis' (2010) algorithms, is proposed as the solution methodology. A numerical example implementing the proposed methodology in the context of a specific disease outbreak, namely influenza, is presented. The proposed methodology could be of significant value to those drafting contingency plans and healthcare policy agendas.