Reduction of Platelet Outdating and Shortage by Forecasting Demand With Statistical Learning and Deep Neural Networks: Modeling Study

Maximilian Schilling   ¹ , BSc ;   Lennart Rickmann   ¹ , BSc ;   Gabriele Hutschenreuter   ² , MD ;   Cord Spreckelsen   ³ , MME, PhD

¹ Institute for Medical Informatics, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

² Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

³ Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany