This chapter reviews the location set covering model, maximal covering model and P-
median model. These models form the heart of the models used in location planning in …

Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

The purpose of this paper is to determine where to locate fire-station facilities. The decision
of where to locate depends upon a set of tangible and intangible criteria that are unique to a …

This paper presents a new method for determining efficient spatial distributions of police
patrol areas. This method employs a traditional maximal covering formulation and an …

The Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP) has been the focus of considerable
attention both in research and practice for some time, and numerous extensions have been …

Timeliness is one of the most important objectives that reflect the quality of emergency
services such as ambulance and firefighting systems. To provide timeliness, system …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones are increasingly proposed for medical uses
due to their potential to transport medical supplies quickly and efficiently. A prototype …

Having a robustly designed supply chain network is one of the most effective ways to hedge
against network disruptions because contingency plans in the event of a disruption are often …

Emergency medical service (EMS) systems are public services that often provide the first
line of response to urgent health care needs within a community. Unfortunately, it has been …

Supply chain disruptions come with catastrophic consequences in spite of their low
probability of occurrence. In this paper, we consider a facility location problem in the …