Paper Info
Title
A multi-period double coverage approach for locating the emergency medical service stations in Istanbul
Abstract
We consider the multi-period location planning problem of emergency medical service (EMS) stations. Our objective is to maximize the total population serviced by two distinct stations within two different response time limits over a multi-period planning horizon. Our aim is to provide a backup station in case no ambulance is available in the closer station and to develop a strategic plan that spans multiple periods. In order to solve this problem, we propose a Tabu Search approach. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach on randomly generated data. We also implement our approach to the case of Istanbul to determine the locations of EMS stations in the metropolitan area. Journal of the Operational Research Society (2011) 62, 627-637. doi:10.1057/jors.2010.5 Published online 17 March 2010
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1057/jors.2010.5
JORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
scheduling,production,location,project management,information systems,logistics,reliability,information technology,inventory,communications technology,computer science,management science,marketing,investment,operational research,forecasting,operations research
Emergency procedure,Population,Time horizon,Computer science,Operations research,Metropolitan area,Strategic planning,Tabu search,Operations management,Backup,Project management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
4
0160-5682
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
0.90
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ayfer Basar1362.51
Bülent Çatay215711.31
Tonguç Ünlüyurt31028.94