Title :
Delivery volume improvement for planning medication distribution
Author :
Herrmann, Jeffrey W. ; Lu, Sara ; Schalliol, Kristen
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Syst. Res., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper considers the problem of planning the logistics of distributing medication to points of dispensing (PODs), which will give medication to the public. Previous work on a two-stage routing and scheduling approach showed that it can generate solutions with reasonable minimum slack. This paper presents a delivery volume improvement algorithm that can increase the minimum slack of a given solution.
Keywords :
logistics; medical supplies; scheduling; stock control; POD problem; delivery volume improvement algorithm; logistics planning; medication distribution; points of dispensing; routing approach; scheduling approach; Bioterrorism; Cities and towns; Cybernetics; Delay; Educational institutions; Logistics; Public healthcare; Routing; USA Councils; Vehicles; homeland security; logistics and inventory; scheduling; vehicle routing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346773
