Solution approaches to the blood distribution problem of the Turkish Red Crescent

Kurt A., AZİZOĞLU M., ÇETİNKAYA F. C.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.405-441, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1504/ejie.2018.092008
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.405-441
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: blood distribution system, humanitarian logistics, vehicle routing, mixed integer linear programming model, heuristic solution approaches, CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN, INVENTORY, PRODUCTS, DISASTERS, ALGORITHM, LOCATION, SYSTEM, MODEL
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper considers the blood distribution problem that includes irradiation centres, urgent demands, and product availability in Turkey, Central Anatolian Regional Blood Center of the Turkish Red Crescent. To address the problem, we develop a mixed integer linear program with two objectives: maximising the demand satisfaction and minimising total time travelled by the vehicles. We propose two decomposition-based heuristic solution approaches. The results of our experiments have revealed that the model cannot solve even small sized instances in reasonable times; however, the heuristic solution approaches are appropriate for solving complex real life problems.