Allocating epidemic response teams and vaccine deliveries by drone in generic network structures, according to expected prevented exposures

Dean Matter; Linke Potgieter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248053

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Allocating epidemic response teams and vaccine deliveries by drone in generic network structures, according to expected prevented exposures

Dean Matter ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deanmmatter@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Logistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-2811

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Linke Potgieter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Logistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
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Allocating epidemic response teams and vaccine deliveries by drone in generic network structures, according to expected prevented exposures

Dean Matter,
Linke Potgieter

Published: March 5, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248053

About the Authors

Dean Matter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deanmmatter@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Logistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-2811

Linke Potgieter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Logistics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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