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Equitable Allocation of COVID Vaccines to States in India: An Optimization Approach

In: Applications of Operational Research in Business and Industries

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  • Ronak Tiwari

    (National Institute of Technology Calicut)

  • R. Sridharan

    (National Institute of Technology Calicut)

Abstract

This study explores an objective way to equitably allocate COVID-19 vaccines, based on vulnerability of states in India. A unique weighted rank approach is introduced to calculate the vulnerability index for each state. Population-adjusted vulnerability index is finally used to make vaccine allocations to all the states, given a limited supply. The resulting allocations are then compared with the allocations made by the Government of India. A comparison of results shows that the allocations made by the proposed model successfully capture the vulnerability aspect of a state and are closer to the actual allocation figures. Finally, a possible extension of the current approach using a nonlinear programming model, under capacity limitations, is discussed.

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  • Ronak Tiwari & R. Sridharan, 2023. "Equitable Allocation of COVID Vaccines to States in India: An Optimization Approach," Lecture Notes in Operations Research, in: Angappa Gunasekaran & Jai Kishore Sharma & Samarjit Kar (ed.), Applications of Operational Research in Business and Industries, chapter 0, pages 465-475, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnopch:978-981-19-8012-1_30
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8012-1_30
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