On the implementation of quantitative facility location models: The case of a hospital in a rural region

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 612-625

  Mehrez, Abraham ^a   Sinuany Stern, Zilla ^a   Arad Geva, Tal ^a   Binyamin, Shemuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process; Health care; Hospital; Location; Multicriteria analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SITE SELECTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE FACILITY LOCATION MODEL;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030150605     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.74     Document Type: Article

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