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Presenting a mathematical model of blood supply chain considering the efficiency of collection centers and

Meysam Karamipour1, Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani1

  • 1Iran University of Science and Technology, School of Management, Economics and Progress Engineering, Iran.

Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
|January 24, 2024
PubMed

In this study, a multiobjective model was devoted to the objectives of minimizing blood supply chain costs and minimizing the waiting time of blood donors for blood transfusion and minimizing blood transfusion schedule and increasing the efficiency of fixed and mobile centers in collecting blood. One of the most important constraints considered in the mathematical model is the capacity constraints of considering fixed and mobile blood facilities and management of the transfer of blood products to centers for collecting and distinguishing healthy and unhealthy blood. A multiobjective model was considered with the objectives of minimizing blood supply chain costs, the waiting time of blood donors for blood transfusion, and blood transfusion timing and increasing the efficiency of fixed and mobile centers in blood collection. The model findings were analyzed in order to validate the model on a larger scale, using the meta-innovative algorithm NSGAII and MOSPO. According to the research findings, we suggest that fuzzy uncertainty and fair distribution problem shouldn't be added to the dimensions of the main problem, and further analysis should be done in this area. It was shown that the NSGAII algorithm's performance was better than the MOPSO meta-heuristic algorithm.

Keywords:
NSGAII algorithmnonlinear programmingqueueing systemsupply chain

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