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Chapters

Optimizing the blood supply chain: A data-driven approach to improve blood product utilization and patient safety

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Part I Reducing alloimmunization risks through extended red blood cell matching

Chapter 2

Introducing a new model for matching extensively typed red blood cells

Chapter 3

Considering patiƫnt alloimmunization risk for extensive matching

Chapter 4

Optimizing matching policies to reduce long-term immune responses

Chapter 5

Investigating the use of Deep Q-learning to find optimal matching policies

 

Part II Improving efficiency by optimizing parts of the supply chain

Chapter 6

Determining optimal locations for blood distribution centers

Chapter 7

Developing a robust autonomous method for blood demand forecasting

Chapter 8

Using deep reinforcement learning to find platelet inventory-allocation policies

Chapter 9

Disscussion