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DAS/SDP Award Talk: Modeling the Value of Agents in Supply Chains of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits with Decision Analysis

Presented by Gilberto Montibeller, Loughborough University,(joint work with Corinne Carland and Jarrod Goentzel) at the 2019 DAAG Conference in Denver

Abstract: This award is jointly sponsored by the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS and Society of Decision Professionals. It is given annually to the best decision analysis application, as judged by a panel of members of both Societies. The Decision Analysis Society Award talk is introduced by Karen Jenni and the award is presented by SDP President Jim Driscoll.

Modeling the Value of Agents in Supply Chains of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits with Decision Analysis

Malaria poses one of the greatest challenges to global health. Accurate diagnosis, with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), is critical because presumptive treatment of malaria wastes resources and increases the risk of drug resistance. In this project, we developed a value model for the agents along the RDT kit supply chain in Uganda. The model, based on multi-attribute value theory, enables an understanding of the motivations of each agent in the supply chain. The analysis identified a new package of incentives that proved to be robust against the variation of relevance of agents in the chain.

Keywords: MUA multiple objectives multobj

 


 

 
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