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. 2021 Mar 5:1–17. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10479-021-03973-w

Table 4.

Action tables (for the SROR framework)

Stages Parties Actions
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
Before GOVT Treatment preparation [SIM][OPT] Disease prevention [SIM] [OPT] Prepare vaccine, medicines, masks, etc. [SIM] R&D investment [OPT][AMA] Forecast the pandemic and communicate with other GOVTs [SIM] Education [AMA]
HNPO Staffing at mass-immunization clinics [SIM] Vaccine [OPT][AMA] Education [AMA] Establish formal procedures [OPT][AMA]
BUSS Establish a Plan B for the “pandemic operations mode” [SIM]
During GOVT Mass screening for diseases [SIM] Demand management [OPT][AMA] Predict spread of disease [SIM] People mobility [SIM] Logistics for pandemic [SIM] Subsidies to people and organizations [OPT][AMA]
HNPO Healthcare demand management [SIM] Manpower scheduling and resource allocation [SIM] Treatment [SIM] Controling spread of diseases by healthcare [SIM] Estimating Risk factor for disease progression [OPT][AMA] Protecting medical staff members and patients [OPT][AMA]
BUSS Innovative business models [OPT][AMA] Implement Plan B [SIM] Manpower scheduling [SIM]
After GOVT Future disease preventon [SIM] Measures to prevent the return of the pandemic [SIM] Policies for economuc recovery [OPT][AMA]
HNPO Food distribution [OPT] Following-up with the recovered patients [OPT][AMA] Getting prepared for the probable return of the pandemic [OPT][AMA]
BUSS Supply chain management [SIM] [OPT][AMA] Financially sustainable operaitons [OPT][AMA] Business process re-engineering [SIM][OPT][AMA]

(P.S.: Related OR methods are included in the []; SIM = Simulation; OPT = Optimization (Computation-based); AMA analytical modeling analysis)