A fuzzy multi-objective covering-based vehicle location model for emergency services

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 705-726

  Araz, Ceyhun ^a   Selim, Hasan ^a   Ozkarahan, Irem ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency vehicle location; Fuzzy goal programming; Multi objective decision making

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EMERGENCY VEHICLE LOCATION; FUZZY GOAL PROGRAMMING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING;

VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748302718     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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