TAZ_OPT: A goal programming model for ambulance location and allocation

Author

Shuib, Adibah ; Zaharudin, Zati Aqmar

Author_Institution

Math. Dept., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

5-6 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

945

Lastpage

950

Abstract

Ambulance is one of the emergency medical services (EMS) components. Quick ambulance response time for any emergencies is crucial in providing quality live-saving rescues. Strategic location and allocation of the ambulances is able to reduce the response time. This paper presents the Time-based Ambulance Zoning Optimization (TAZ_OPT) model, which determines the satellite locations of ambulances and the number of ambulances to be allocated at these stations. TAZ_OPT is a goal programming (GP) model. The model aims at maximizing the accessibility and the availability of ambulances.

Keywords

emergency services; facility location; health care; mathematical programming; transportation; EMS components; GP model; TAZ_OPT model; ambulance accessibility; ambulance allocation; ambulance availability; ambulance location; emergency medical services components; goal programming model; quality live-saving rescues; quick ambulance response time; satellite locations; strategic allocation; strategic location; time-based ambulance zoning optimization model; Adaptation models; Mathematical model; Reliability; Resource management; Satellites; Servers; Time factors; Ambulance location-allocation; goal programming; optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0021-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163878

Filename

6163878