Location and relocation problems in the context of the emergency medical service systems: a case study

Mahdi Moeini (), Zied Jemai () and Evren Sahin ()

Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2015, vol. 23, issue 3, 658 pages

Abstract: In this paper, we address the dynamic emergency medical service (EMS) systems. A dynamic location model is presented for locating and relocating a fleet of ambulances. The proposed model can control the movements and locations of ambulances in order to provide a better coverage of the demand points. The model can keep this ability under different fluctuation patterns that may happen during a given period of time. A number of numerical experiments have been carried out by using some real-world data sets. They have been collected through the French EMS system at the Hospital Henri Mondor, France. Finally, we present a comparison between the results of the introduced model and the outputs of a classical EMS dynamic location model. According to the observations, the introduced model provides a better coverage of the EMS demands. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Emergency medical service; Integer linear programming; Location problems; Logistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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