TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness Using Mean Field and Simulation Modeling
AU - Dehghanimohammadabadai, Mohammad
AU - Dayanikli, Gökçe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of preparedness and response plans for healthcare providers and rational responses from society to effectively manage infectious disease outbreaks. Strategic guidelines should be created to ensure the availability of required resources while considering the rational response of individuals under different policy scenarios. This study uses a simulation-optimization-game theory approach to first determine the daily number of infected people in response to social distancing policies in a game theoretical setup. Second, this daily number of infected people is used in a simulation to determine an optimal replenishment policy for restocking personal protective equipment (PPE) items. The model incorporates a combination of mean field games modeling and a simulation model in Simio to perform optimization tasks. This approach aims to guarantee the availability of required resources by taking into account the rational response of individuals under different policy scenarios.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of preparedness and response plans for healthcare providers and rational responses from society to effectively manage infectious disease outbreaks. Strategic guidelines should be created to ensure the availability of required resources while considering the rational response of individuals under different policy scenarios. This study uses a simulation-optimization-game theory approach to first determine the daily number of infected people in response to social distancing policies in a game theoretical setup. Second, this daily number of infected people is used in a simulation to determine an optimal replenishment policy for restocking personal protective equipment (PPE) items. The model incorporates a combination of mean field games modeling and a simulation model in Simio to perform optimization tasks. This approach aims to guarantee the availability of required resources by taking into account the rational response of individuals under different policy scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408053
DO - 10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408053
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85185381401
T3 - Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
SP - 970
EP - 981
BT - 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023
Y2 - 10 December 2023 through 13 December 2023
ER -