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The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help

  • Written by Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can helpIn Colorado, where there is a shortage of PPE, workers prepare to enter an N95 mask-cleaning machine. AP Images / David Zalubowski

The world continues to reel from the pandemic and, among many other things, the shortage of medical supplies that has resulted. Yes, the world has experienced natural disasters, but they are typically limited in time...

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