Simulation model for real-time emergency vehicle dispatching and routing

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1882, 2004, Pages 176-183

  Haghani, Ali ^a   Tian, Qiang ^a   Hu, Huijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEET OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SERVERS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EMERGENCY VEHICLE DISPATCHERS; FLEXIBLE ASSIGNMENT STRATEGY; MEDICAL SERVICE VEHICLE RESPONSE SYSTEMS; ROUTING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 14044266852     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1882-21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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