A multi-criteria decision-making framework for site selection of offshore wind farms in Australia

CB Salvador, E Arzaghi, M Yazdi, HAF Jahromi… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In addition to the concerns around global climate changes, the population and urbanization
growth have necessitated both academia and industrial sectors to investigate cleaner and …

A sustainable perspective of optimal site selection of giant air-purifiers in large metropolitan areas

A Nedjati, M Yazdi, R Abbassi - Environment, Development and …, 2022 - Springer
Population and urbanization growth necessitate investigations on sustainable development
of cities. The air pollution in cities caused by liquid, solid particles and specified gasses in …

Location of low-cost blood collection and distribution centres in Thailand

P Chaiwuttisak, H Smith, Y Wu, C Potts… - Operations Research for …, 2016 - Elsevier
Decision making on facility locations for blood services has an impact on the efficiency of
supply chain and logistics systems. In the blood supply chain operated by the Thai Red …

Optimizing the location-allocation problem of pharmacy warehouses: A case study in Gaziantep

E Özceylan, A Uslu, M Erbaş, C Çetinkaya… - An International Journal …, 2017 - ijocta.org
It is a known fact that basic health care services cannot reach the majority of the population
due to poor geographical accessibility. Unless quantitative location-allocation models and …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial neural network training using a multi selection artificial algae algorithm

M Karakoyun - Engineering Science and Technology, an International …, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial neural network (ANN), developed by modeling the nervous system of the human
brain, is an important and effective data processing method used today. The most important …

Deploying vaccine distribution sites for improved accessibility and equity to support pandemic response

GZ Li, A Li, M Marathe, A Srinivasan… - Autonomous Agents and …, 2023 - Springer
In response to COVID-19, many countries have mandated social distancing and banned
large group gatherings in order to slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2. These social …

Robot path planning by traveling salesman problem with circle neighborhood: Modeling, algorithm, and applications

A Nedjatia, B Vizvárib - arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06712, 2020 - arxiv.org
This study investigates the problem of traveling salesman problem with circular
neighborhood (TSPCN). Instead of cities there are circles and each point on circle can be a …

Optimization of the stroke hospital selection strategy and the distribution of endovascular thrombectomy resources

CH Wang, YC Lee, MJ Hsieh - Health Care Management Science, 2024 - Springer
Nowadays, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) decide to send a suspected stroke
patient to a primary stroke center (PSC) or to an endovascular thrombectomy (EVT)-capable …

Five‐Echelon Multiobjective Health Services Supply Chain Modeling under Disruption

F Javadi Gargari, M Sayad… - Mathematical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Medicine unreliability problem is taken into consideration as one of the most important
issues in health supply chain management. This research is associated with the …

[PDF][PDF] Healthcare facility location: a DEA approach

M Segall, R Lumb, V Lall… - American Journal of …, 2017 - na-businesspress.com
The purpose of the current paper is to apply Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the
healthcare facility location problem. First, facility location models used in healthcare facility …