Determining locations and layouts for parcel lockers to support supply chain viability at the last mile [0.03%]
确定包裹储物柜的位置和布局以支持最后一公里供应链的可行性
Michael Kahr
Michael Kahr
The pandemic caused by the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 raised many new challenges for humanity. For instance, governments imposed regulations such as lockdowns, resulting in supply chain shocks at different tiers. Additionally, delivery service...
Optimal group testing strategy for the mass screening of SARS-CoV-2 [0.03%]
用于SARS-CoV-2大规模筛查的最优团体检测策略
Fengfeng Huang,Pengfei Guo,Yulan Wang
Fengfeng Huang
We analyze the group testing strategy that maximizes the efficiency of the SARS-CoV-2 screening test while ensuring its effectiveness, where the effectiveness of group testing guarantees that negative results from pooled samples can be cons...
Staff scheduling for residential care under pandemic conditions: The case of COVID-19 [0.03%]
疫情下的养老护理人员排班问题——以新冠肺炎为例
Amirhossein Moosavi,Onur Ozturk,Jonathan Patrick
Amirhossein Moosavi
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted residential care delivery all around the world. This study investigates the current scheduling methods in residential care facilities in order to enhance them for pandemic conditions. We first define ...
A data-driven robust optimization model by cutting hyperplanes on vaccine access uncertainty in COVID-19 vaccine supply chain [0.03%]
基于切割双曲面的新冠肺炎疫苗供应链数据驱动鲁棒优化模型
Hani Gilani,Hadi Sahebi
Hani Gilani
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic sparked such a wave of concern that made access to vaccines more necessary than before. As the vaccine inaccessibility in developing countries has made pandemic eradication more difficult, this study has pres...
Adapting supply chain operations in anticipation of and during the COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情下供应链运营的调整应对措施研究
Maxim Rozhkov,Dmitry Ivanov,Jennifer Blackhurst et al.
Maxim Rozhkov et al.
This article investigates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and their proactive mediation by adaptive operational decisions in different network design structures in anticipation of and during the pandemic. In generalized terms, we contr...
Bi-objective optimization for a multi-period COVID-19 vaccination planning problem [0.03%]
多周期新冠肺炎疫苗分配的双目标优化问题
Lianhua Tang,Yantong Li,Danyu Bai et al.
Lianhua Tang et al.
This work investigates a new multi-period vaccination planning problem that simultaneously optimizes the total travel distance of vaccination recipients (service level) and the operational cost. An optimal plan determines, for each period, ...
Susan E Martonosi,Banafsheh Behzad,Kayla Cummings
Susan E Martonosi
According to the World Health Organization, development of the COVID-19 vaccine is occurring in record time. Administration of the vaccine has started the same year as the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations emphasized ...
How to support the application of multiple criteria decision analysis? Let us start with a comprehensive taxonomy [0.03%]
支持多准则决策分析应用的路径：从全面分类开始
Marco Cinelli,Miłosz Kadziński,Michael Gonzalez et al.
Marco Cinelli et al.
Decision making is a complex task that involves a multitude of perspectives, constraints, and variables. Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a process that has been used for several decades to support decision making. It includes ...
Optimising the assignment of swabs and reagent for PCR testing during a viral epidemic [0.03%]
病毒流行期间优化PCR检测的采样棉签和试剂分配
Alberto Santini
Alberto Santini
Early large-scale swab testing is a fundamental tool for health authorities to assess the prevalence of a virus and enact appropriate mitigation measures during an epidemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the availability of chemical ...
Varun Gupta,Dmitry Ivanov,Tsan-Ming Choi
Varun Gupta
There has been an increased interest in optimizing pricing and sourcing decisions under supplier competition with supply disruptions. In this paper, we conduct an analytical game-theoretical study to examine the effects of supply capacity d...