A Novel Computational Mathematical Model for Team and Route Selection of the Emergency Response Operations

Abstract

During the daily operations of emergency response, the decision maker is faced with the complex challenge of selecting a team and route in a short time period to respond and attend to the emergency. This study presents the combined use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the Élimination Et Choix Traduisant la Realité II (ELECTRE II), and the Dijkstra algorithm to deal with such situations. First, the AHP method is implemented to rank the aspects that are most relevant to a given emergency. Subsequently, this ranking is employed in ELECTRE-II to determine which emergency response team is best prepared to provide support. In the last stage of the proposed model, regarding the geographic coordinates of the team and the emergency, the Geographic Information System (GIS) utilizes the Dijkstra algorithm to regulate the most suitable route for assistance.