Resource-Based Patient Prioritization in Mass-Casualty Incidents

Alex F. Mills
Alex F. Mills
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Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Nilay Tanık Argon
Nilay Tanık Argon
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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Serhan Ziya
Serhan Ziya
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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Serhan Ziya

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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Published Online:28 Jan 2013https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1120.0426

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Received:September 23, 2011
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