A probabilistic model applied to emergency service vehicle location

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Beraldi, P ^a   Bruni, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Location; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

DECISION PROCESSES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGENCY SYSTEMS; EXACT SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; PROBABILISTIC CONSTRAINTS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCES; VEHICLE LOCATIONS;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 56749160634     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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