About the Authors

Yiqun Jiang

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Wenli Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Yu-Li Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Cameron MacKenzie

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Qing Li

Roles Project administration, Supervision

qlijane@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.