How game theory could help ensure you will get blood when you need it
- Written by Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
A person, pictured here, donating blood. Blood shortages occur often in the U.S.AP Photo/Mel EvansBlood shortages in the United States are now at the critical level because of severe weather nationally, coupled with widespread flu. Hundreds of blood drives have been canceled this winter, and the donor base has decreased because of illnesses as...
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