Indices: |
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Index of vehicles,
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Index of patients,
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Index of laboratories,
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Index of pharmacies,
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Index of time periods,
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Index of caregivers for each pharmacy,
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Parameters: |
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Distance of patientsi and j
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Distance of patient i and pharmacy p
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Distance of pharmacy p and laboratory l
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The capacity of pharmacy p
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The capacity of laboratory l
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The allocation cost per unit distance |
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The transportation cost for the vehicle k
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The capacity of vehicle k
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The working time of the patient i in time period t
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The privilege from patient i to the caregiver n in time period t
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The earliest time of servicing to the patient i in time period t
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The latest time of servicing to the patient i in time period t
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The traveling time of patients i to j in time period t
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Penalty for overall distance ( ) |
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A positive large number |
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Maximum length of the route for each caregiver n by employing vehicle k in time period t
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Demands of patient i in time period t
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Biological samples from patient i in time period t
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Decision variables: |
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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. |
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If patient i assigned to pharmacy p, 1; otherwise 0. |
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If pharmacy p assigned to laboratory l, 1; otherwise 0. |
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The time in which the caregiver n started from pharmacy p to laboratory l begins to service the patient i in time period t. |
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The overall traveleddistance for the caregiver n from pharmacy p to laboratory l using vehicle k in time period t. |