Transplant Process Optimization in Kidney Donation Problem

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Zaheri, Amin | 2014

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 48163 (01)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s): Rafiee, Majid
Abstract:
At the present, End-stage renal disease(ESRD) is the ninth-leading cause of death in the USA.according methods of medical treatment for End-stage renal disease (ESRD), transplantation is the most viable renal replacement therapy for ESRD patients, there is a disparity between the demand for kidneys for transplantion and the supply. Incompatible inblood-type and antigen matching between patient-donor pairs is cause of shortage in disparity between the demand and the supply.paired kidney exchange of kidney among incompatible patient-donor pairs.PKE can be solve many difficulties in matching patient with incompatible donors. Kidney transplant surgeries in PKE must take place simultaneously because one of the donor may renege after his intended recipient receives the kidney. We consider an arbitrary number of autonomous patients with probabilistically envolving health statuses in a patients chain with vendor kidney. Patient in the chain take place in a competitive games. Patients decide about the time of transplant and price paid to the vendor.we introduced a MIP model for selecting Nash equilibrium points that the model provided the social welfare for patients chain
Keywords:
Optimization ; Operations Research ; Kidney Donation Problem ; Health Care System ; Process Optimization ; Transplant Process

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