Linear upper-bound unavailability set covering models for locating ambulances: application to Tehran rural roads

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.015zbMath1253.90156OpenAlexW2080649018MaRDI QIDQ1926853

Sayyed Mahdi Amiripour, Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany, Saeed Moadi, Mohsen Babaei

Publication date: 29 December 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.015

zbMATH Keywords

reliabilitylocationemergency medical servicesambulance busy fractionset covering model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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