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

DOI10.1007/S10479-006-0087-7MaRDI QIDQ863587zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

optimizationsimulationinfectious diseaseresource allocationsmallpoxanthraxdecision support systememergency responsebioterrorism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.) (91B32) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92C99)

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