Resource allocation for demand surge mitigation during disaster response

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 304-315

  Arora, Hina ^a   Raghu, T S ^b   Vinze, Ajay ^b  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Optimization; Pandemic flu; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; DISASTER RESPONSE; HEALTHCARE RESOURCES; MUTUAL AID; OPTIMAL RESPONSE; PANDEMIC FLU; POLICY LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF EFFORTS; RESOURCE REDISTRIBUTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78049459427     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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