Age-based policy for blood transshipment during blood shortage

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-183

  Wang, Ke Ming ^a   Ma, Zu Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age based policy; Blood shortage; Blood transshipment; Inventory structure; Perishable product

Indexed keywords

AGE-BASED; AGE-BASED POLICY; BLOOD SHORTAGE; BLOOD TRANSSHIPMENTS; INVENTORY STRUCTURE; PERISHABLE PRODUCT; PREFERENCE SELECTION; PROPERTY; SELECTION METHODS; TRANSSHIPMENT MODELS;

BLOOD;

BLOOD; DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84935855880     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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