This study focuses on the most critical issue facing the COVID-19 pandemic: Healthcare
Waste Management (HWM). With the increase in patient numbers, effective HWM becomes …

A safe and effective medical waste transport network is beneficial to control the COVID-19
pandemic and at least decelerate the spread of novel coronavirus. Seldom studies …

Population growth and recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and many other man-made
or natural disasters all around the world have considerably increased the demand for …

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global health and humanitarian crisis that
catastrophically affects many industries. To control the disease spread and restore normal …

The ongoing global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has significantly increased urban
medical waste. Such waste often contains pathogenic microorganisms, harmful chemicals …

The reverse logistics network (RLN) design for sustainable supply chain management is a
strategic decision in network configuration, and is higher influenced by uncertainty. This …

In this paper, a robust goal programming model for a healthcare network design problem
under disruption is developed. The objective of the proposed multi-period, multi-echelon …

It is necessary to control patient congestion in medical centers during pandemics where
medical demand grows rapidly. Also, managing generated medical waste is critical since …

Nowadays, a significant number of researchers are focusing on utilizing soft computing
approaches to address the issue of scheduling in applications concerned with hazardous …

Surface treatment waste (HW17) contains a large amount of toxic and corrosive
components, which may be harmful to the public health if improper disposal. To understand …