A multi-period double coverage approach for locating the emergency medical service stations in Istanbul

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-637

  Basar A ^a   Catay B ^a   Unluyurt T ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

maximal covering; multi period backup double covering; Tabu Search

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; TABU SEARCH;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ISTANBUL; LOCATION PLANNING; MAXIMAL COVERING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTI-PERIOD; PLANNING HORIZONS; STRATEGIC PLAN;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 79952373177     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.5     Document Type: Article

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