Strategic flexibility analysis in emergency medical service systems using decision rules
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Zhou, Yuan
Cardin, Michel-Alexandre
Zhang, Sizhe
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
The capacity deployment of emergency medical service systems has been studied over decades. The design problem is still challenging due to the long-term uncertainty like the change of demographics. A novel approach in the form of multi-stage stochastic programming that considers flexibility in engineering design could be a valuable alternative to EMS infrastructure systems design. This paper proposes a hybrid algorithm to the stochastic model to improve its computational efficiency. The new algorithm outperforms other alternative methods in the numerical analysis by 3-6% in terms of quality of the solution, and is at least four times faster than the default methods.
Date Issued
2018-05-21
Date Acceptance
2018-01-17
Citation
2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), 2018, pp.1-6
ISBN
9781538650530
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
1
End Page
6
Journal / Book Title
2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC)
Copyright Statement
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Source
ICNSC 2018 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Automation & Control Systems
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Remote Sensing
Computer Science
Engineering
flexibility in engineering design
emergency medical services
multi-stage stochastic programming
experimental algorithm
metaheuristics
FACILITY LOCATION
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2018-03-27
Finish Date
2021-03-29
Coverage Spatial
Zhuhai, China