Mir Bahador Aryanezhad - Iran Univ. of Science and Tech. - Dept. of Industrial Engineering -
Mohamad Saeed Jabal-Ameli - Iran Univ. of Science and Tech. - Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Nader Ghaffari-Nasab - Iran Univ. of Science and Tech.Dept. of Industrial Engineering

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.

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