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This study introduces a new vaccination planning model optimizing travel distance and costs. A tailored genetic algorithm significantly reduced operational costs and recipient travel distances.

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  • Public Health Management
  • Computational Optimization

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  • Effective vaccination planning is crucial for public health, especially during pandemics.
  • Existing models often struggle to balance service level (recipient travel) and operational costs.
  • Optimizing site selection, capacity, and recipient assignment is complex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel multi-period vaccination planning model.
  • To simultaneously optimize recipient travel distance and operational costs.
  • To address the limitations of traditional optimization methods for large-scale problems.

Main Methods:

  • Formulation as a bi-objective mixed-integer linear program (MILP).
  • Development of a tailored genetic algorithm with improved assignment and dynamic programming strategies.
  • Comparison against weighted-sum and epsilon-constraint methods.

Main Results:

  • The proposed methods reduced operational costs by up to 9.3%.
  • Total recipient travel distance was decreased by as much as 36.6%.
  • A case study validated the effectiveness of the developed algorithms.

Conclusions:

  • Formal optimization methods can significantly enhance vaccination program efficiency.
  • Enlarging vaccination site service capacity is recommended for improved performance.
  • The developed genetic algorithm offers a practical and efficient solution for complex planning problems.