The European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR) just published a special issue on the role of operational research in future epidemics/ pandemics (see Why EA needs OR for more background on operations research).
Despite the title, most papers focus on COVID-19, but nonetheless demonstrate the relevance of such models for biosecurity more broadly. See the intro to the special issue for longer paper summaries.
Contents
Transmission, propagation, and forecasting
Global sensitivity analysis in epidemiological modeling. Lu, X., & Borgonovo, E. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Combining probabilistic forecasts of COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Taylor, J. W., & Taylor, K. S. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
A stochastic inventory model of COVID-19 and robust, real-time identification of carriers at large and infection rate via asymptotic laws. Tsiligianni, C., Tsiligiannis, A., & Tsiliyannis, C. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Modeling local coronavirus outbreaks. Chang, J. T., & Kaplan, E. H. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Non-pharmaceutical intervention
Models for government intervention during a pandemic. Eryarsoy, E., Shahmanzari, M., & Tanrisever, F. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Efficient social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Integrating economic and public health considerations. Chen, K., Pun, C. S., & Wong, H. Y. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Modularity maximization to design contiguous policy zones for pandemic response. Baghersad, M., Emadikhiav, M., Huang, C. D., & Behara, R. S. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Infection transmission and prevention in metropolises with heterogeneous and dynamic populations. Rezapour, S., Baghaian, A., Naderi, N., & Sarmiento, J. P. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Safe distancing in the time of COVID-19. Fischetti, M., Fischetti, M., & Stoustrup, J. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Healthcare network configuration
Testing facility location and dynamic capacity planning for pandemics with demand uncertainty. Liu, K., Liu, C., Xiang, X., & Tian, Z. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
A large neighbourhood search metaheuristic for the contagious disease testing problem. Wolfinger, D., Gansterer, M., Doerner, K. F., & Popper, N. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Healthcare resource allocation
Optimal stock and capital reserve policies for emergency medical supplies against epidemic outbreaks. Zhang, W., Shi, X., Huang, A., Hua, G., & Teunter, R. H. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Resource planning strategies for healthcare systems during a pandemic. Fattahi, M., Keyvanshokooh, E., & Govindan, D. K. K. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Modeling COVID-19 hospital admissions and occupancy in the Netherlands. Bekker, R., uit het Broek, M., & Koole, G. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Design of control strategies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Hosseini-Motlagh, S.-. M., Samani, M. R. G., & Homaei, S. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Ambulance dispatching during a pandemic: Tradeoffs of categorizing patients and allocating ambulances. Rautenstrauss, M., Martin, L., & Minner, S. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Hospital Operations
COVID-19: data-driven optimal allocation of ventilator supply under uncertainty and risk. Yin, X., Büyüktahtakın, ̇I. E., & Patel, B. P. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Capacity planning for effective cohorting of hemodialysis patients during the coronavirus pandemic: A case study. Bozkir, C. D., Ozmemis, C., Kurbanzade, A. K., Balcik, B., Gunes, E. D., & Tuglular, S. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
To introduce or not? Strategic analysis of hospital operations with telemedicine. Zhou, C., Hao, Y., Lan, Y., & Li, W. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Vaccine and testing kits
An optimization model for planning testing and control strategies to limit the spread of a pandemic–The case of COVID-19 Abdin, A. F., Fang, Y.-. P., Caunhye, A., Alem, D., Barros, A., & Zio, E. (2022).. European Journal of Operational Research.
Stochastic Optimization for Vaccine and Testing Kit Allocation for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thul, L., & Powell, W. (2022). arXiv:2101.01204.
Strategies for ensuring required service level for COVID-19 herd immunity in Indian vaccine supply chain. Sinha, P., Kumar, S., & Chandra, C. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.
Production and manufacturing
A risk-averse two-stage stochastic programming model for a joint multi-item capacitated line balancing and lot-sizing problem Li, Y., Saldanha-da-Gama, F., Liu, M., & Yang, Z. (2022). European Journal of Operational Research.