Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage

Dynamic Simulations of Kidney Exchanges

In this paper we develop a simulator modeling a kidney exchange program, in which donor-recipient pairs with characteristics drawn from a distribution based on real data join the system over time, and a centralized authority organizes a suitably chosen set of exchanges among the pairs in the pool at regular intervals of time, as it happens in the Netherlands or in the US. We compare and discuss...

Valuing Prearranged Paired Kidney Exchanges: A Stochastic Game Approach Valuing Prearranged Paired Kidney Exchanges: A Stochastic Game Approach

No: 025-1796 POMS 23rd Annual Conference, Chicago, IL April 20 to April 23, 2011

on the dilemma of moraliti:self-interest and altruism

Computerized Platform for Optimal Organ Allocations in Kidney Exchanges

Kidney transplantation has emerged as the treatment for the most serious forms of kidney disease, but the supply of kidneys from deceased donors cannot meet the fastgrowing demand. Recently, Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program, a modality which enables willing but incompatible live donor-candidate pairs to swap donors, offers a promising solution for closing the gap between kidney supply and d...

Marriage exchanges, seed exchanges, and the dynamics of manioc diversity.

The conservation of crop genetic resources requires understanding the different variables-cultural, social, and economic-that impinge on crop diversity. In small-scale farming systems, seed exchanges represent a key mechanism in the dynamics of crop genetic diversity, and analyzing the rules that structure social networks of seed exchange between farmer communities can help decipher patterns of...