Screening multi‐dimensional heterogeneous populations for infectious diseases under scarce testing resources, with application to COVID‐19

Testing provides essential information for managing infectious disease outbreaks, such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. When testing resources are scarce, an important managerial decision is who to test. This decision is compounded by the fact that potential testing subjects are heterogeneous in multiple d...

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Published in:	Naval research logistics Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 3 - 20
Main Authors:	El Hajj, Hussein, Bish, Douglas R., Bish, Ebru K., Aprahamian, Hrayer
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2022 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Algorithms Contact Contact tracing COVID-19 COVID‐19 testing Design Design optimization Dimensions Disease outbreaks Heterogeneity heterogeneous population Infectious diseases Information management Medical screening Mitigation Pandemics partition problem pooled testing Public health resource allocation under limited resources Resources Signs and symptoms Symptoms Testing Viral diseases pooled testing resource allocation under limited resources heterogeneous population COVID‐19 testing partition problem
ISSN:	0894-069X, 1520-6750, 1520-6750
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