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. 2020 May 8;93:106385. doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106385
Indices:
k Index of vehicles, k{1,2,,K}
i,j Index of patients, i,j{1,2,,M}
l Index of laboratories, l{1,2,,L}
p Index of pharmacies, p{1,2,,P}
t Index of time periods, t{1,2,,T}
n Index of caregivers for each pharmacy, n{1,2,,Np}
Parameters:
DijM Distance of patientsi and j
DipP Distance of patient i and pharmacy p
DplL Distance of pharmacy p and laboratory l
CAPPp The capacity of pharmacy p
CAPLl The capacity of laboratory l
CS The allocation cost per unit distance
TCk The transportation cost for the vehicle k
CAPk The capacity of vehicle k
W~it The working time of the patient i in time period t
λ~int The privilege from patient i to the caregiver n in time period t
E~it The earliest time of servicing to the patient i in time period t
L~it The latest time of servicing to the patient i in time period t
T~ijt The traveling time of patients i to j in time period t
PEN Penalty for overall distance (1<PEN<5 )
BIG A positive large number
MDISnkt Maximum length of the route for each caregiver n by employing vehicle k in time period t
Ait Demands of patient i in time period t
Bit Biological samples from patient i in time period t
Decision variables:
Xijnplkt If the caregiver n started from pharmacy p to laboratory l by using vehicle k visits the patients i before j in time period t; 1; otherwise 0.
ZipP If patient i assigned to pharmacy p, 1; otherwise 0.
ZplL If pharmacy p assigned to laboratory l, 1; otherwise 0.
Sinplt The time in which the caregiver n started from pharmacy p to laboratory l begins to service the patient i in time period t.
Onkplt The overall traveleddistance for the caregiver n from pharmacy p to laboratory l using vehicle k in time period t.