COLLECTIONS PLANNING MODEL FOR REGIONAL BLOOD SUPPLIERS: DESCRIPTION AND VALIDATION.

P. D. Cumming; K. E. Kendall; C. C. Pegels; J. P. Seagle; J. F. Shubsda

doi:10.1287/mnsc.22.9.962

COLLECTIONS PLANNING MODEL FOR REGIONAL BLOOD SUPPLIERS: DESCRIPTION AND VALIDATION.

P. D. Cumming, K. E. Kendall, C. C. Pegels, J. P. Seagle, J. F. Shubsda

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A planning model has been developed to assist regional blood suppliers in alleviating seasonal imbalances between supply and demand of blood. A Markovian population model is used to project various performance measures for a blood supply region. These measures are summarized in graphs covering a planning period of several months to one year. The planner improves projected performance by changing collection plans and using the planning model iteratively to evaluate each plan. The data required by the model are generally available: past performance of bloodmobile sponsors, quotas and demand forecasts. In this paper the model is described, projected performance measures are validated against actual measures, sensitivity to errors in inputs is analyzed and the model is evaluated relative to less complex models.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	962-971
Number of pages	10
Journal	Management Science
Volume	22
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.22.9.962
State	Published - 1976
Externally published	Yes

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Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research

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