Improving emergency service in rural areas: a bi-objective covering location model for EMS systems

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-159

  Chanta, Sunarin ^a   Mayorga, Maria E ^a   McLay, Laura A ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi objective optimization; Discrete optimization; Emergency medical service; Facility location

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907684114     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-011-0972-6     Document Type: Article

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