Optimal assignment of emergency response service units with time-dependent service demand and travel time

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

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-231

  Cheu, Ruey Long ^a   Lei, Hao ^a   Aldouri, Raed ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Service; Integer Programming; Service Demand; Service Programming; Travel Time

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY EXPANSION; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; DEMAND FREQUENCY; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE; FLEET SIZES; NEW MODEL; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROGRAMMING MODELS; RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS; SERVICE DEMAND; SERVICE PROGRAMMING; SERVICE TIME; SERVICE UNITS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-PERIODS; TRAVEL TIME;

BASE STATIONS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SERVICE SECTOR; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME;

EL PASO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249273283     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450.2010.516232     Document Type: Article

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