A Generalized Hypercube Queuing Model for Ambulance Location and the Districting of the Response Segments on Highways

Emergency response systems in urban areas should be located in such a way to ensure adequate coverage as well as short response times. In this paper we present a novel method for optimizing the location of ambulances and determining their response districts on highways. The approach is based on the use of a well-known spatially distributed queuing model (hypercube model),embedded into a mathematical programming model.

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Hypercube queuing model , Location , Emergency medical service (EMS).Mathematicalprogramming