Dynamic Stochastic Optimization of Emergent Blood Collection and Distribution from Supply Chain Perspective

Table 1

Supply chain echelon in some key literature.

Literature	Number of stages	Node
		Donor groups	Blood donation houses	Blood donation vehicles	Blood centres	Demand points
Sha and Huang [27]	3	√	√	—	√	—
Jabbarzadeh et al. [33]		√	√	—	√	—
Arvan et al. [34]		√	—	—	√	√
Ramezanian et al. [29]		√	√	—	√	—
Osorio et al. [15]		√	—	—	√	√
Hamdan and Diabat [31]		—	—	√	√	√
Haeri et al. [35]		—	√	—	√	√
Liu et al. [36]		—	√	—	√	√
Wang and Chen [37]		—	√	—	√	√
Fahimnia et al. [28]	4	√	—	√	√	√
Zahiri and Pishvaee [38]		√	√	—	√	√
Attari and Jami [39]		√	—	√	√	√
Samani et al. [40]		√	√	√	√	√
Samani et al. [32]		√	√	—	√	√
This work	4	√	√	—	√	√

Note. Both blood donation houses and vehicles are designed for blood collection and preliminary blood tests only. They are deemed to be at the same level in this study.