Design an Effective Blood Distribution Network with Minimal Impacts on the Environment and Blood Supply Assurance.

As the world's population grows, resulting in the aggravating trend of aging population, it brings with it an increase in the demand for blood. Nowadays, in most cities, the blood distribution network is based on a single distribution centre pattern, with the blood centre acting as distribution cent...

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Publicado en:Journal of Environmental & Public Health pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Zheng, Xiaojin, Qin, Shengkun, Zhang, Yanxia
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 8/18/2022
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          Zheng, Xiaojin
          Qin, Shengkun
          Zhang, Yanxia
        affil: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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          Algorithms
          Models, Theoretical
          Urban Areas
          Environment
          Aged
          Carbon
          Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales
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      ab: As the world's population grows, resulting in the aggravating trend of aging population, it brings with it an increase in the demand for blood. Nowadays, in most cities, the blood distribution network is based on a single distribution centre pattern, with the blood centre acting as distribution centre for one-to-one distribution. However, despite its convenience, this pattern has a high frequency of delivery, increased risk of blood shortage, and generates high carbon emissions. This paper aims to understand the real-life problems of the current blood distribution network and to design a more rational blood distribution network by taking the characteristics of the blood supply chain into account. Two blood distribution network patterns are considered, the current single distribution centre pattern and the proposed multiple distribution centre pattern. In order to minimise environmental impacts, we introduce open vehicle routing problem for blood delivery routes planning, using mixed integer programming for modelling, to compare the carbon emissions between the two blood distribution network patterns. Numerical experimental results demonstrate that applying the proposed BDN can reduce carbon emissions by an average of 25.84% and up to 29.59%, and the delivery time in emergency situations is significantly reduced by an average of 33.15%. Such studies are essential for both reducing carbon emissions and safeguarding patients' lives.
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