Incorporating congestion in preventive healthcare facility network design

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 922-935

  Zhang, Yue ^a   Berman, Oded ^b   Verter, Vedat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestion; Facility location; Heuristic; Preventive healthcare

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONGESTION; EARLY DETECTIONS; FACILITY LOCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; HEURISTIC; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; NETWORK DESIGNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE; REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS; SERVICE QUALITIES; SYSTEM CAPACITIES;

FACILITIES; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 64049108678     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.10.037     Document Type: Article

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