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Article

Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Civilian-Military Scheduling of Medical Supplies for Epidemic Prevention and Control

by
Hai-Feng Ling
1,
Zheng-Lian Su
1,
Xun-Lin Jiang
2 and
Yu-Jun Zheng
3,*
1
College of Field Engineering, Army Engineering University, Nanjing 210007, China
2
Department of Engineering Technology and Application, Army Infantry College, Nanchang 330100, China
3
School of Information Science and Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2021, 9(2), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020126
Submission received: 1 January 2021 / Revised: 22 January 2021 / Accepted: 25 January 2021 / Published: 28 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Healthcare Resource Management in Large-Scale Epidemics)
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Abstract

In a large-scale epidemic, such as the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), there is huge demand for a variety of medical supplies, such as medical masks, ventilators, and sickbeds. Resources from civilian medical services are often not sufficient for fully satisfying all of these demands. Resources from military medical services, which are normally reserved for military use, can be an effective supplement to these demands. In this paper, we formulate a problem of integrated civilian-military scheduling of medical supplies for epidemic prevention and control, the aim of which is to simultaneously maximize the overall satisfaction rate of the medical supplies and minimize the total scheduling cost, while keeping a minimum ratio of medical supplies reservation for military use. We propose a multi-objective water wave optimization (WWO) algorithm in order to efficiently solve this problem. Computational results on a set of problem instances constructed based on real COVID-19 data demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Keywords: medical supplies scheduling; epidemic prevention and control; multi-objective optimization; water wave optimization; civilian-military integration medical supplies scheduling; epidemic prevention and control; multi-objective optimization; water wave optimization; civilian-military integration

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Ling, H.-F.; Su, Z.-L.; Jiang, X.-L.; Zheng, Y.-J. Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Civilian-Military Scheduling of Medical Supplies for Epidemic Prevention and Control. Healthcare 2021, 9, 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020126

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Ling H-F, Su Z-L, Jiang X-L, Zheng Y-J. Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Civilian-Military Scheduling of Medical Supplies for Epidemic Prevention and Control. Healthcare. 2021; 9(2):126. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020126

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Ling, Hai-Feng, Zheng-Lian Su, Xun-Lin Jiang, and Yu-Jun Zheng. 2021. "Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Civilian-Military Scheduling of Medical Supplies for Epidemic Prevention and Control" Healthcare 9, no. 2: 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020126

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Ling, H.-F., Su, Z.-L., Jiang, X.-L., & Zheng, Y.-J. (2021). Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Civilian-Military Scheduling of Medical Supplies for Epidemic Prevention and Control. Healthcare, 9(2), 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020126

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