A recursive simulation-optimization framework for the ambulance location and dispatching problem

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.03.041MaRDI QIDQ2184167zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Bélanger, Ettore Lanzarone, V. Nicoletta, Patrick Soriano, Angel Ruiz

Publication date 27 May 2020

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.03.041

zbMATH Keywords

busy fractionemergency medical servicesjoint location and dispatchingOR in health servicessimulation-optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete location and assignment (90B80) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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