In this paper, an optimal resource allocation framework is proposed for the allocation of critical medical resources among different units during a pandemic. The framework is developed by considering the dynamics of Pandemic, hierarchical government structure, and non-uniformity of unit resource requirement among different units. The cost function is designed to minimize the difference between the demand, actual allocation, and ideal allocation, where ideal allocation for a region is considered based on the predicted active cases in a fraction of predicted total active cases of all regions. Different cost functions are used at a different level of organization based on the available information. The model can also accommodate severity of disaster in a region in this framework. A sample allocation case study is presented for the allocation of oxygen for different states of India.
@article{arxiv.2203.06071,
title = {Critical Medical Resource Allocation during COVID-19 Pandemic},
author = {Shuvrangshu Jana and Rudrashis Majumder and Debasish Ghose},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.06071},
year = {2022}
}
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