Medical nuclear supply chain design: A tractable network model and computational approach

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 865-874

  Nagurney, Anna ^a,b   Nagurney, Ladimer S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized networks; Healthcare; Molybdenum; Nuclear medicine; Optimization; Radioactive decay; Supply chain network design; Supply chains; Time sensitive products; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED NETWORKS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN; TIME-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLYBDENUM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SUPPLY CHAINS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84866742834     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.07.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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