Applications of the double standard model for ambulance location

Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems

Volumn 619, Issue , 2010, Pages 235-249

  Laporte, Gilbert ^a   Louveaux, François V ^b   Semet, Frédéric ^c,d   Thirion, Arnaud ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c LAMIH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulance location and relocation; Double coverage; Dynamic model; Probabilistic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951658992     PISSN: 00758442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92944-4_12     Document Type: Article

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