Blood demand forecasting and supply management: an analytical assessment of key studies utilizing novel computational techniques

N Li, T Pham, C Cheng, DC McElfresh… - Transfusion medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Use of data-driven methodologies in enhancing blood transfusion practices is rising,
leveraging big data, machine learning, and optimization techniques to improve demand …

[PDF][PDF] Machine learning in transfusion medicine: A scoping review

S Maynard, J Farrington, S Alimam, H Evans, K Li… - …, 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Blood transfusion is a routine medical procedure in hospitals with over 2 million blood
products transfused in the UK every year at a cost of over£ 300 million and a median …

Harnessing the potential of data‐driven strategies to optimise transfusion practice

HG Evans, MF Murphy, R Foy, P Dhiman… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
No one doubts the significant variation in the practice of transfusion medicine. Common
examples are the variability in transfusion thresholds and the use of tranexamic acid for …

Platelet Inventory Management with Approximate Dynamic Programming

H Abouee-Mehrizi, M Mirjalili, V Sarhangian - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We study a stochastic perishable inventory control problem with endogenous (decision-
dependent) uncertainty in shelf-life of units. Our primary motivation is determining ordering …

Perishable Inventory Routing Problem under Uncertainty

G Khalili - 2023 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
In an Inventory Routing Problem (IRP), a decision-maker decides the number of units
delivered to each retailer and determines delivery routes, which becomes increasingly …

Data-Driven Modelling and Control of Hospital Blood Inventory

M Mirjalili - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Determining order quantities for platelet and Red Blood Cell (RBC) units at hospitals is a
challenging task since they are perishable and their usage is subject to high uncertainty. In …