Designing robust emergency medical service via stochastic programming

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-193

  Beraldi, P ^a   Bruni, M E ^a   Conforti, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Facility location; Health services; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICINE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

COSTS MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FACILITY LOCATION; HEALTH SERVICES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2442683275     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00351-5     Document Type: Article

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