Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents

Abhisekh Rana; Hamdi Kavak; Andrew Crooks; Sean Luke; Carlotta Domeniconi; Jim Jones

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2

Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents

Abhisekh Rana
, Hamdi Kavak
, Andrew Crooks
, Sean Luke
, Carlotta Domeniconi
, Jim Jones

Geography

George Mason University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Disruption to supply chains can significantly influence the operation of the world economy and this has been shown to permeate and affect a large majority of countries and their citizens. We present initial results from a model that explores the disruptions to supply chains by a criminal agent and possible mitigation strategies. We construct a model of a typical pharmaceutical manufacturing supply chain, which is implemented via discrete event simulation. The criminal agent optimizes its resource allocation to maximize disruption to the supply chain. Our findings show criminal agents can cause cascading damage and exploit vulnerabilities, which inherently exist within the supply chain itself. We also demonstrate how basic mitigation strategies can efficaciously alleviate this potential damage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Robert Thomson, Christopher Dancy, Aryn Pyke
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	13-23
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783031171130
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2
State	Published - 2022
Event	15th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022 - Pittsburgh, United States Duration: Sep 20 2022 → Sep 23 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13558 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	09/20/22 → 09/23/22

Keywords

Criminal agents
Evolutionary computation
Mitigation
Pharmaceutical supply chains

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2

Cite this

Rana, A., Kavak, H., Crooks, A., Luke, S., Domeniconi, C., & Jones, J. (2022). Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents. In R. Thomson, C. Dancy, & A. Pyke (Eds.), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings (pp. 13-23). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13558 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2

Rana, Abhisekh ; Kavak, Hamdi ; Crooks, Andrew et al. / Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents. Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings. editor / Robert Thomson ; Christopher Dancy ; Aryn Pyke. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 13-23 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Rana, A, Kavak, H, Crooks, A, Luke, S, Domeniconi, C & Jones, J 2022, Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents. in R Thomson, C Dancy & A Pyke (eds), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13558 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 13-23, 15th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Pittsburgh, United States, 09/20/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2

Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents. / Rana, Abhisekh; Kavak, Hamdi; Crooks, Andrew et al.
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Robert Thomson; Christopher Dancy; Aryn Pyke. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 13-23 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13558 LNCS).

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Rana A, Kavak H, Crooks A, Luke S, Domeniconi C, Jones J. Mitigation of Optimized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions by Criminal Agents. In Thomson R, Dancy C, Pyke A, editors, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 15th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2022, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 13-23. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17114-7_2