Supply Chain Analytics (Dec 2023)

An integrated integer programming and forecasting model with geographic information systems for spray operations of West Nile disease insecticides

  • Hokey Min,
  • Emanuel Melachrinoudis

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4
p. 100049

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Public health agencies and medical organizations have increased their relentless efforts to control the outbreaks of mosquitoes causing West Nile disease epidemics with the re-emergence of deadly disease in the United States. Such measures include a large-scale spray operation of insecticides that can counter the population growth of mosquitoes. This study proposes a business analytics tool that helps determine the optimal number and location of airfields housing insecticide-spraying aircraft, the type (mode) and the number of insecticide-spraying airplanes, and their flight patterns. This study also identifies factors that can enhance and hinder the efficiency of insecticide spray operations by combining a bi-objective integer programming model with a geographic information system and forecasting models within a business analytics framework for the first time.

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