Resource deployment and donation allocation for epidemic outbreaks

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2019, Pages 9-32

  Anparasan, Azrah ^a   Lejeune, Miguel ^b  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic outbreak; Health care in developing countries; Medical facility location; Resource allocation for epidemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016932869     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-016-2392-0     Document Type: Article

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