Optimal Ambulance Dispatching

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-47766-4_9MaRDI QIDQ4595352zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Caroline Jagtenberg, Sandjai Bhulai, R. D. van der Mei

Publication date 30 November 2017

Published in International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47766-4_9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40) Stochastic scheduling theory in operations research (90B36)

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