Article ID: | iaor2009125 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 179 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 978 |
End Page Number: | 989 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Drezner Zvi, Wesolowsky George O., Berman Oded |
Keywords: | combinatorial optimization |
In this paper, we introduce the transfer point location problem. Demand for emergency service is generated at a set of demand points who need the services of a central facility (such as a hospital). Patients are transferred to a helicopter pad (transfer point) at normal speed, and from there they are transferred to the facility at increased speed. The general model involves the location of