Decision support system for mass dispensing of medications for infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks

DOI10.1007/s10479-006-0087-7zbMath1106.90044MaRDI QIDQ863587

Eva K. Lee, Siddhartha Maheshwary, Jacquelyn Mason, William Glisson

Publication date: 5 February 2007

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10479-006-0087-7

zbMATH Keywords

optimization; simulation; resource allocation; decision support system; infectious disease; smallpox; anthrax; emergency response; bioterrorism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

91B32: Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.)

92C99: Physiological, cellular and medical topics

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