Modular capacitated maximal covering location problem for the optimal siting of emergency vehicles

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-254

  Yin, Ping ^a   Mu, Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency vehicle; GIS; Modular capacitated MCLP; Spatial demand representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055178933     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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