The management of the blood supply chain is considered of vital importance. The
unavailability of blood may cause deaths and complications for patients. Conversely …

Abstract Blood Supply Chain (BSC) is a challenging subset of the healthcare industry. It
treats the blood flow from donor to patient guaranteeing the patient's needs. Considering the …

In uncertain circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic, designing an efficient Blood
Supply Chain Network (BSCN) is crucial. This study tries to optimally configure a multi …

Recently, supply chain network design has been a demanding question and attracted great
interest in a wide range of fields, including the medical industry. The heart of the entire …

Abstract The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is one of the most frequently encountered
optimization problems in logistics, which aims to minimize the cost of transportation …

Electric Vehicle (EV)-based parcel delivery is getting much more popular these days due to
EVs being eco-friendly and sustainable. One well-known problem in the literature to study …

This research proposes a new multi-objective mathematical model to design efficient and
effective blood supply chain network in earthquakes. For the first time in this field of …

This research proposes a new tri-objective mathematical model for designing blood supply
chain network in emergency situations. The mathematical model aims to minimize total …

Perishability of blood products and uncertainty in donation and demand sizes complicate the
blood supply chain planning. This paper presents a novel bi-objective mixed-integer model …

In recent years, attention to blood supply chain in disaster circumstances has significantly
increased. Disasters, especially earthquakes, have adverse consequences such as …