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. 2020 Jun 27;140:102008. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2020.102008
Sets
e Set of donor groups ,e={1,,E}
i Set of candidate locations for CCs,i={1,,I}
j Set of candidate locations for PCs,j={1,,J}
k Set of hospitals,k={1,,K}
g Set of ages of platelets,g={1,,G}
t Set of time periods, t={1,,T}
w Set of fractionation processes,w={1,,W}
Parameters
αiw Cost of collecting whole blood from a donor by collection process w in CC i
ξ Fixed cost of assigning a donor group to a CC
χei Distance between donor group e and CCi
Δ Maximum coverage radius of CCs to serve donors
Γe Maximum number of eligible whole blood donors in donor group e
β Fixed cost of a CC establishment
β' Fixed cost of each capacity package added in CCs
γij Cost of transporting a whole blood unit from CC i to PC j
δw The number of obtained whole-blood-derived platelet units from a donor by collection processw
ε The capacity of each assigned package to CCs
ρ Maximum allowable transportation time between CCs and PCs (hours)
υij 1, if transportation time between CC i and PC j is less than or equal to ρ; 0, otherwise
ζ Fixed cost of a PC establishment
ζ' Fixed cost of each package capacity added in PCs
ηjk Cost of transporting a whole-blood-derived platelet from PC j to hospital k
θ Inventory cost of a whole-blood-derived platelet unit in PCs
ϑ The production cost of a whole-blood-derived platelet unit in PCs
μ Wastage cost of a whole-blood-derived platelet unit in PCs
ϱ Shortage cost a whole-blood-derived platelet unit in hospitals
λ The capacity of each package added to PCs
τ Maximum allowable transportation time between PCs and hospitals (hours)
σjk 1, if transportation time between PC j and hospital k is less than or equal to τ; 0, otherwise
φjgt The available amount of whole-blood-derived platelet units of age g in PC j at periodt
Ω Discard rate of collected whole blood in PCs
Dkt Demand for platelet in hospital k at periodt
M A large number
Decision variables
Ueit 1, if donor group e is assigned to CC i at period t; 0, otherwise
Xeit Number of persons of donor group e whose blood is collected in CC j at period t
X'eiwt Number of persons of donor group e whose blood is collected in CC j via collection process w at periodt
Fi 1, if a CC is established in location i; 0, otherwise
F'it Number of allocated capacity packages to CC i at time periodt
Pijwt Number of donors whose blood are collected via collection process w in CC i and will be processed in PC j at time period t
Vj 1, if a PC is established in locationj; 0, otherwise
V'jt Number of allocated capacity packages to PC j at time periodt
Y'jkgt The proportion of maximum demand for platelet of age g in hospital k, which will be satisfied by the transferred whole-blood-derived platelets from PC j at periodt
Qjt Number of processed whole-blood-derived platelet units in PC j at periodt
Wjt Wastage level of whole-blood-derived platelet in PC j at periodt
Rjgt Inventory level of whole-blood-derived platelet of age g in PC j at periodt
Nkt Shortage level of platelet in hospital k at periodt