Determining the acceptance of cadaveric livers using an implicit model of the waiting list

Operations Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-36

  Alagoz, Oguzhan ^a   Maillart, Lisa M ^b   Schaefer, Andrew J ^c   Roberts, Mark S ^d  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications and markov: infinite horizon; Dynamic programming optimal control; Health care, treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MODELS; DECISION PROBLEMS; INFINITE HORIZONS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESS MODELS;

DECISION THEORY; DISEASE CONTROL; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEALTH CARE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34247545820     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1060.0329     Document Type: Article

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