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. 2024 Sep 3;14:20425. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71322-5

Table 13.

Decision variables.

Notations Description
xijht 1 if dose i of vial j is used at hospital h at time slot t, 0 otherwise
yjht A binary indicator whether the vial j is opened at hospital h at time slot t
invh,t Number of vials at hospital h at time slot t, invh,tZ+{0}
Rh,t Number of vials to reorder for hospital h at time slot t, Rh,tZ+{0}
z(h+,h-)t Direction of transshipment from h+ to h- at time slot t when transshipment is implemented 1, 0 otherwise.
TR(h+,h-)t Number of vials to transship from hospital h+ to h- at time slot t
oh,t Overaged dose at hospital h at time slot t
uh,t Underaged dose at hospital h at time slot t
Profit Total profit by vaccinating customers
CostR Total reorder cost of reordered vials
CostT Total lateral transshipment cost of transshipped vials
Costo Total overage cost of left doses after operation hours
Costu Underage cost cost of unvaccinated doses (people) after an hour