Ensuring sufficient cabin hospital beds for curbing the spread of COVID-19 - findings from petri net analysis
Due to the complexity of the virus and its rapid rate of spread, many countries face the same challenges of providing adequate medical resources. This paper provides an analytical approach for evaluating the possibility of the regional construction industry constructing a large number of cabin hospi...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1646432023-02-07T05:13:37Z Ensuring sufficient cabin hospital beds for curbing the spread of COVID-19 - findings from petri net analysis Chen, Chen Xing, Zijie Xi, Yonghui Tiong, Robert School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering::Civil engineering COVID-19 Cabin Hospital Due to the complexity of the virus and its rapid rate of spread, many countries face the same challenges of providing adequate medical resources. This paper provides an analytical approach for evaluating the possibility of the regional construction industry constructing a large number of cabin hospitals within a short time. The key idea is to compare the demand and supply of patient beds using a Petri net-based approach that incorporates a neural network for the prediction of demand, fuzzy logic for decision-making, and a linear model for predicting supply. The data reported in the Shanghai Omicron battle is used to validate the developed model. Our results show that the fastest conversion speed and the least manpower requirement are obtained from high-rise buildings. Then, preparing some high-rises for easy conversion into cabin hospitals seems a possible solution for future citywide preparedness toward pandemic resilience. Published version This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, funding number 22120220205 (Tongji University). 2023-02-07T05:13:37Z 2023-02-07T05:13:37Z 2022 Journal Article Chen, C., Xing, Z., Xi, Y. & Tiong, R. (2022). Ensuring sufficient cabin hospital beds for curbing the spread of COVID-19 - findings from petri net analysis. Heliyon, 8(10), e11202-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11202 2405-8440 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164643 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11202 36284770 2-s2.0-85141836445 10 8 e11202 en Heliyon © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). application/pdf |
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Due to the complexity of the virus and its rapid rate of spread, many countries face the same challenges of providing adequate medical resources. This paper provides an analytical approach for evaluating the possibility of the regional construction industry constructing a large number of cabin hospitals within a short time. The key idea is to compare the demand and supply of patient beds using a Petri net-based approach that incorporates a neural network for the prediction of demand, fuzzy logic for decision-making, and a linear model for predicting supply. The data reported in the Shanghai Omicron battle is used to validate the developed model. Our results show that the fastest conversion speed and the least manpower requirement are obtained from high-rise buildings. Then, preparing some high-rises for easy conversion into cabin hospitals seems a possible solution for future citywide preparedness toward pandemic resilience. |
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