A Multi-Objective Facility Coverage Location Problem for Emergency Medical Service Decisions in Hajj
Huda Zaki Naji,
Mohanad Al-Behadili,
Mohammad Sari Kadim
Abstract:This paper proposes a multi-objective facility model of coverage location problem to determine the number, locations, and redeployments of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system. The EMS runs with two types of ambulances, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advance Life Support (ALS). The suggested Multi-objective Coverage Location model (MO-CL) considers a bi-objective function, which is minimizing the EMS costs and the fatigue of EMS crew members. This can be managed by reducing the number of redeployments for bot… Show more
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