A stochastic inventory model of COVID-19 and robust, real-time identification of carriers at large and infection rate via asymptotic laws [0.03%]
一个COVID-19的随机库存模型及通过渐近定律在大型群体中实时稳健地识别携带者和感染率的方法
Christiana Tsiligianni,Aristeides Tsiligiannis,Christos Tsiliyannis
Christiana Tsiligianni
A critical operations management problem in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is cognizance of (a) the number of all carriers at large (CaL) conveying the SARS-CoV-2, including asymptomatic ones and (b) the infection rate (IR). Both are random ...
René Bekker,Michiel Uit Het Broek,Ger Koole
René Bekker
We describe the models we built for predicting hospital admissions and bed occupancy of COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands. These models were used to make short-term decisions about transfers of patients between regions and for long-term ...
To introduce or not? Strategic analysis of hospital operations with telemedicine [0.03%]
引入远程医疗吗？医院运营的战略分析
Cuihua Zhou,Yifei Hao,Yanfei Lan et al.
Cuihua Zhou et al.
Despite its efficiency in reducing the impact of pandemics (e.g., the COVID-19), whether to introduce telemedicine as an additional way to serve chronically ill patients remains controversial for hospitals in many countries. This paper buil...
Ambulance dispatching during a pandemic: Tradeoffs of categorizing patients and allocating ambulances [0.03%]
流行病期间的救护车调度：分类患者和分配救护车的权衡分析
Maximiliane Rautenstrauss,Layla Martin,Stefan Minner
Maximiliane Rautenstrauss
Amidst a pandemic, operators of emergency medical service (EMS) systems aim at upholding service at sufficiently low response times while reducing the infection probability of their personnel. Designating ambulances to serve only infected p...
COVID-19: Data-Driven optimal allocation of ventilator supply under uncertainty and risk [0.03%]
COVID-19: 不确定性和风险下呼吸机供给的数据驱动最优分配
Xuecheng Yin,I Esra Büyüktahtakın,Bhumi P Patel
Xuecheng Yin
This study presents a new risk-averse multi-stage stochastic epidemics-ventilator-logistics compartmental model to address the resource allocation challenges of mitigating COVID-19. This epidemiological logistics model involves the uncertai...
An optimization model for planning testing and control strategies to limit the spread of a pandemic - The case of COVID-19 [0.03%]
用于规划测试和控制策略以限制流行病传播的优化模型-以COVID-19为例
Adam F Abdin,Yi-Ping Fang,Aakil Caunhye et al.
Adam F Abdin et al.
The global health crisis caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the importance of efficient disease detection and control strategies for minimizing the number of infections and deaths in the population and halting the spread o...
Testing facility location and dynamic capacity planning for pandemics with demand uncertainty [0.03%]
考虑需求不确定性的 pandemic 测试设施选址与动态容量规划问题研究
Kanglin Liu,Changchun Liu,Xi Xiang et al.
Kanglin Liu et al.
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the whole world, and epidemic research has attracted increasing amounts of scholarly attention. Critical facilities such as warehouses to store emergency supplies an...
Xuefei Lu,Emanuele Borgonovo
Xuefei Lu
Operations researchers worldwide rely extensively on quantitative simulations to model alternative aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Proper uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis are fundamental to enrich the modeling process a...
Design of control strategies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
设计有助于防止COVID-19疫情扩散的控制策略
Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh,Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani,Shamim Homaei
Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh
This paper proposes control strategies to allocate COVID-19 patients to screening facilities, health facilities, and quarantine facilities for minimizing the spread of the virus by these patients. To calculate the transmission rate, we prop...
Efficient social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integrating economic and public health considerations [0.03%]
有效实施社交隔离以应对COVID-19疫情：兼顾经济和公共卫生问题
Kexin Chen,Chi Seng Pun,Hoi Ying Wong
Kexin Chen
Although social distancing can effectively contain the spread of infectious diseases by reducing social interactions, it may have economic effects. Crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic create dilemmas for policymakers because the long-term ...