Location and relocation problems in the context of the emergency medical service systems: a case study

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 641-658

  Moeini, Mahdi ^a   Jemai, Zied ^b   Sahin, Evren ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Integer linear programming; Location problems; Logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938984896     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-014-0374-3     Document Type: Article

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