An analysis of alternative blood bank locationswith emergency referral

Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1304-1308

  Banthao, Jarupong ^a   Jittamai, Phongchai ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blood logistics; Capacitated location problem; Emergency referral; Limited traveled distance; P median problem

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS; LOCATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES; CAPACITATED LOCATION; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; EMERGENCY REFERRAL; LIMITED TRAVELED DISTANCE; LOCATION DECISIONS; P-MEDIAN PROBLEMS; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84991998788     PISSN: 20780958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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