Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Andersson, T ^a   Varbrand P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Heuristics; Logistics; Optimisation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AMBULANCE RELOCATION; AUTOMATIC AMBULANCE DISPATCHING; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; OPERATIONAL CONTROL;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 33846880474     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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