Joint ground and air emergency medical services coverage models: A greedy heuristic solution approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 736-749

  Erdemir, Elif Tokar ^a   Batta, Rajan ^b,c,d   Rogerson, Peter A ^b,d   Blatt, Alan ^b   Flanigan, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CUBRC   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromedical; Backup coverage; Emergency services; Location coverage models; Trauma crashes

Indexed keywords

AEROMEDICAL; AMBULANCE SERVICES; COVERAGE MODELS; CRASH DATA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE; GREEDY HEURISTICS; LANDING ZONES; MAXIMAL COVERING LOCATION PROBLEMS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; NEW MEXICO; PATH COVERAGE; RESPONSE TIME; SERVICE TIME; SET COVERING PROBLEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMBULANCES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUZZY CONTROL; HELICOPTERS; LOCATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HELICOPTER SERVICES;

EID: 77955559687     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.05.047     Document Type: Article

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