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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Rotation as contagion mitigation
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Jeffrey Ely
  • Andrea Galeotti
  • Jakub Steiner
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Management Science
Publisher Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0025-1909
Volume 67
Number 5
Page Range 3117 - 3126
Date 2021
Abstract Text To prevent the spread of an infection, an organization obeys social distancing restrictions and thus limits the number of its members physically present on a given day. We study rotation schemes in which mutually exclusive groups are active on different days. The frequency of rotation affects risk over the duration of diffusion prior to the time the organization is able to react to the infection. If this reaction time is speedy, then such risk is undesirable because prevalence is initially convex in time. In this case, frequent rotation acts as insurance against exposure-time risk and is optimal. Infrequent rotation becomes optimal if the organization reacts slowly. Cross-mixing of the rotating subpopulations is detrimental because it increases contacts between sick and healthy individuals. However, the effect of mixing is small if the terminal prevalence is low in the absence of mixing.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3910
Other Identification Number merlin-id:20994
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Keywords Industrial organization: firm objectives, organization and behavior, production-scheduling, covid-19, epidemiological risk management