Linear upper-bound unavailability set covering models for locating ambulances: Application to Tehran rural roads

Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany, Mohsen Babaei, Saeed Moadi and Sayyed Mahdi Amiripour

European Journal of Operational Research, 2012, vol. 221, issue 1, 263-272

Abstract: This paper presents a linear reliability-based model as an extension of the well-known linear location set covering problem (LSCP) for emergency service vehicles such as ambulances. Linear programming models have a practical advantage over other nonlinear or queuing-based models. They can be simply coded by practitioners and can be solved routinely using existing commercial software to achieve exact solutions especially for large problem instances.

Keywords: Location; Emergency medical services; Reliability; Ambulance busy fraction; Set covering model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.015

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