The proportion of highly sensitized patients presenting for transplantation is increasing.
Sensitization should be defined using a virtual parameter such as CRF, and solid phase …

Many patients in need of a kidney transplant have a willing but incompatible (or poorly
matched) living donor. Kidney exchange programs arrange exchanges among such patient …

The dramatic improvements in combinatorial optimization algorithms over the last decades
have had a major impact in artificial intelligence, operations research, and beyond, but the …

We report initial results of a Liver Paired Exchange (LPE) program established at the Liver
Transplant Institute at Inonu University through collaboration with design economists. Since …

A main aim of kidney exchange programs (KEPs) is to maximize the number of transplants
within a pool of incompatible patient-donor pairs by exchanging donors. A KEP involving …

Kidney exchange programmes increase the rate of living donor kidney transplants, and
operations research techniques are vital to such programmes. These techniques, as well as …

Kidney exchange programs aim at matching end-stage renal disease patients who have a
willing but incompatible kidney donor with another donor. The programs comprise a pool of …

Diabetic patients can receive multiple/different treatments. However, there is no universal
solution for all patients, ie, one prescription can treat some patients, but it may not be …

Kidney transplant is the preferred method of treatment for patients suffering from kidney
failure. However, not all patients can find a donor which matches their physiological …

Admission to universities is organised in a centralised scheme in Hungary. In this paper we
investigate two major specialities of this application: ties and common quotas. A tie occur …