Securing the Sustainability of Global Medical Nuclear Supply Chains Through Economic Cost Recovery, Risk Management, and Optimization

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 405-418

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

generalized networks; health care security; molybdenum; multicriteria decision making; nuclear medicine; optimization; radioactive decay; risk management; supply chains; sustainable transportation; time sensitive products; variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEPRECIATION; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MOLYBDENUM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; URANIUM; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GENERALIZED NETWORKS; HEALTH CARE SECURITY; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; TIME-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

DECISION MAKING;

HEALTH SERVICES; MOLYBDENUM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921832286     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2013.779127     Document Type: Article

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