Healthcare facility (HCF) location has attracted considerable attention from the operations
research community over nearly four decades as one of the most important strategic issues …

One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a
vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the …

The shortage of relief vehicles capacity is a common issue throughout disastrous situations
due to the abundance of injured people who need urgent medical aid. Hence, ambulances …

Motivated by the growth of ridesourcing services and the expected advent of fully-
autonomous vehicles (AVs), this paper defines, models, and compares assignment …

A number of technological advances have led to a renewed interest in dynamic vehicle
routing problems. This survey classifies routing problems from the perspective of information …

Over the past 10 years, a considerable amount of research has been devoted to the
development of models to support decision making in the particular yet important context of …

Abstract The Dial-a-Ride Problem (DARP) consists of designing vehicle routes and
schedules for n users who specify pickup and delivery requests between origins and …

This article traces the evolution of ambulance location and relocation models proposed over
the past 30 years. The models are classified in two main categories. Deterministic models …

Emergencies that pose potential threats to our health, life, and properties can happen
anywhere and anytime and may result in huge losses if they are not handled timely and …

In order to modify the current facility or develop a new facility, the dynamics of facility location
problems (FLPs) ought to be taken into account so as to efficiently deal with changing …