Securing the Sustainability of Global Medical Nuclear Supply Chains Through Economic Cost Recovery,Risk Management,and Optimization |
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| Authors: | Anna Nagurney Ladimer S. Nagurney Dong Li |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Operations and Information Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA;2. School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Swedennagurney@isenberg.umass.edu;4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
In this paper, we develop a new generalized network model for the optimization of the complex operations of medical nuclear supply chains in the case of the radioisotope molybdenum, with a focus on minimizing the total operational cost, the total waste cost, and the risk associated with this highly time-sensitive and perishable, but critical, product used in health-care diagnostics. Our model allows for the evaluation of transitioning the production and processing of the radioisotope from highly enriched uranium targets to low enriched uranium targets. A case study for North America demonstrates how our model and computational framework can be applied in practice. |
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| Keywords: | generalized networks health-care security molybdenum multicriteria decision-making nuclear medicine optimization radioactive decay risk management supply chains sustainable transportation time-sensitive products variational inequalities |
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