The optimal parameter design for a blood supply chain system by the taguchi method

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7697-7712

  Li, Yi Chang ^a,b   Liao, Hung Chang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood supply chain system; Dynamic taguchi method; Genetic algorithm (GA); Neural network (NN); Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL RATES; BLOOD SUPPLY; CONTROL FACTORS; FIRST IN ,FIRST OUTS; INVENTORY LEVELS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY LEVEL; TURNOVER RATE;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBUST CONTROL; TAGUCHI METHODS;

BLOOD;

EID: 84869787990     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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