作者：Cho, Soo-Haeng
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：The Vaccine and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee meets at least once a year to decide the composition of seasonal influenza vaccine in the United States. Past evidence suggests that the committee could use a more systematic approach to incorporate observed information and to quantify the risks associated with different options. There are two key trade-offs involved in this decision. First, if the Committee decides to retain the current vaccine composition instead of updating to a n...
作者：Robinson, Lawrence W.; Chen, Rachel R.
作者单位：Cornell University; University of California System; University of California Davis
摘要：This paper compares two types of appointment-scheduling policies for single providers: traditional and open-access. Under traditional scheduling, each of a specified number of patients per day is booked well in advance, but may not show up for his or her appointment. Under open-access scheduling, a random number of patients call in the morning to make an appointment for that same day. Thus the number of patient arrivals will be random, for different reasons, under both policies. We find that t...
作者：Lai, Guoming; Debo, Laurens G.; Sycara, Katia
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Chicago; Carnegie Mellon University
