Research Article

A Multiobjective Model for a Multilevel Blood Supply Chain to Improve the Attractiveness of Blood Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 1

The literature of the proposed blood supply chain network under the COVID-19 epidemy.

Authors (year)LocationAllocationInventoryUncertaintyObjectivesModeling approachSolution approachNetwork’s element
Single objectiveMultiobjectiveNormal/improved blood groupsMobile blood centersLocal blood centersRegional blood centers

Ghandforoush and Sen (2010) [19]S
Baesler et al. (2014) [15]S
Zahraee et al. (2015) [20]DS
Hosseinifard and Abbasi (2018) [18]SP
Rajendran and Ravindran (2017) [17]SPH
Duan et al. (2018) [16]DP
Habibi-Kouchaksaraei et al. (2018) [21]SPMH
Ramezanian and Behbodi (2018) [22]DPE
Yahia (2020) [7]RPH
Hosseini et al. (2023) [23]PPH
Abdolazimi et al. (2023) [1]SPE
Asgharizadeh et al. (2023) [2]SPH
Hosseini et al. (2023) [23]RPPMH
Current studySPE

Note: DP: deterministic programming, E: exact, H: heuristic, MH: metaheuristic, PP: possibilistic programming, RPP: robust possibilistic programming, S: simulation, DS: dynamic simulation, SP: stochastic programming.