Allocating emergency service vehicles to serve critical transportation infrastructures

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-49

  Cheu, Ruey Long ^a   Huang, Yongxi ^b   Huang, Bo ^c  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Covering Problem; Facility Location; Infrastructure Protection; Integer Programming; Reliability; Transportation Security

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRUCKS;

COVERING PROBLEMS; FACILITY LOCATION; FIRE ENGINES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION; TRANSPORTATION SECURITY;

TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39049090457     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450701849675     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bianchi, G. and Church, R. (1988). A hybrid FLEET model for emergency medical service system design. Social Sciences in Medicine, 26(1), 163-171.
2. Church, R. L. and ReVelle, C. (1974). The maximal covering location problem. Papers of the Regional Science Association, 32, 101-118.
3. Daskin, M. S. (1983). A maximum expected covering location model: Formulation, properties and heuristic solution. Transportation Science, 17(1), 48-70.
4. Daskin, M. S. (1995). Network and Discrete Location. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
5. Haupt, R. L. and Haupt, S. E. (1997). Practical Genetic Algorithms. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
6. Hogan, K. and ReVelle, C. (1986). Concept and application of backup coverage. Management Science, 32(11), 1434-1444.
7. ReVelle, C. and Snyder, S. (1995). Integrated fire and ambulance siting: A deterministic model. Socio-Econ Planning Science, 29, (4), 261-271.
8. ReVelle, C. and Marianov, V. (1991). A probabilistic FLEET model with individual vehicle reliability requirements. European Journal of Operation Research, 53(1), 93-105.
9. ReVelle, C. and Hogan, K. (1986). A reliability constrained siting model with local estimates of busy fractions. Environmental Planning B, 15, 142-152.
10. Singapore Civil Defence Force. (SCDF). (2002). Available at: http://www.scdf.gov.sg. Last accessed 5 November 2005.
11. Singapore Civil Defense Force. (SCDF). (2005). Quality Service Handbook. Available at: http://www.scdf.gov.sg/General/Publications/index. html. Last accessed 5 November 2007.
12. Schilling, D., Elzinga, D, Cohon, J., Church, R., and ReVelle, C. (1979). The TEAM/FLEET models for simultaneous facility and equipment siting. Transportation Science, 13(2), 163-175.
13. Schrage, L. (1997). Optimization Modeling with LINDO (5th edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury Press.
14. Tavakoli, A. and Lightner, C. (2004). Implementing a mathematical model for location EMS vehicles in Fayetteville, NC. Computer and Operations Research, 31(9), 1549-1563.
15. Toregas, C., Swain, R., ReVelle, C., and Bergman, L. (1971). The location of emergency service facilities. Operations Research, 19(6), 1363-1373.
16. Toregas, C. and ReVelle, C. (1973). Binary Logic solutions to a class of location problems. Geographical Analysis, 145-155.