Optimization of influenza vaccine selection

Operations Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 456-476

  Wu, Joseph T ^a,b   Wein, Lawrence M ^c   Perelson, Alan S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Health care

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA; STRAINS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

ANTIGENS; DISEASES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

VACCINES;

EID: 25144505774     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1040.0143     Document Type: Review

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