DocumentCode
2579546
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
fYear
2009
fDate
11-14 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
3505
Lastpage
3509
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Antonio, TX
ISSN
1062-922X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN
1062-922X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346773
Filename
5346773
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