A simple search heuristic for the MCLP: Application to the location of ambulance bases in a rural region

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Adenso Diaz B ^a   Rodriguez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulance service; Emergency medical service; Location; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LOCATION; OPERATING COSTS;

AMBULANCE SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; LARGE-SCALE PROBLEM; LINEAR MODELING; LOCATION PROBLEMS; METAHEURISTIC; RURAL REGIONS; SEARCH HEURISTICS; SIMPLE++;

TABU SEARCH;

EID: 0031115736     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(96)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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