Fair allocation of personal protective equipment to health centers during early phases of a pandemic

We consider the problem of allocating personal protective equipment, namely surgical and respiratory masks, to health centers under extremely limited supply. We formulate a multi-objective multi-period non-linear resource allocation model for this problem with the objectives of minimizing the number...

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Published in:	Computers & operations research Vol. 141; p. 105690
Main Authors:	Dönmez, Zehranaz, Turhan, Serkan, Karsu, Özlem, Kara, Bahar Y., Karaşan, Oya
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2022 Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	Algorithms Breathing masks Comparative analysis Cost function COVID-19 Deprivation Epsilon-constraint algorithm Equity Fairness Genetic algorithm Genetic algorithms Health facilities Healthcare resource allocation Heuristic methods Operations research Pandemic Personal protective equipment Personal protective equipment allocation Policies Resource allocation Surgical equipment COVID-19 Epsilon-constraint algorithm Healthcare resource allocation Genetic algorithm Equity Pandemic Personal protective equipment allocation Fairness
ISSN:	0305-0548, 1873-765X, 0305-0548
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