A modeling framework for facility location of medical services for large-scale emergencies

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-55

  Jia, Hongzhong ^a   Ordóñez, Fernando ^a   Dessouky, Maged ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Covering problem; Facility location; Large scale emergency; P center; P median

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FACILITIES; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

FACILITY LOCATION; LARGE-SCALE EMERGENCY; MEDICAL SERVICES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33750623225     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170500539113     Document Type: Article

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