Emergency facility location problems in logistics: Status and perspectives

W Wang, S Wu, S Wang, L Zhen, X Qu - Transportation research part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Improved biogeography-based optimization using migration process adjustment: An approach for location-allocation of ambulances

M Kaveh, MS Mesgari - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Emergency centers are noticeably necessary for all societies, and allocation population to
such centers is an important optimization issue in urban planning. This paper investigates …

Minmax regret maximal covering location problems with edge demands

M Baldomero-Naranjo, J Kalcsics… - Computers & Operations …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a version of the single-facility Maximal Covering Location Problem on
a network where the demand is:(i) distributed along the edges and (ii) uncertain with only a …

Location optimization of emergency medical facilities for public health emergencies in megacities based on genetic algorithm

J Liu, Y Li, Y Li, C Zibo, X Lian, Y Zhang - Engineering, construction …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss the principles and factors that influence the
site selection of emergency medical facilities for public health emergencies. This paper …

A multi-objective formulation of maximal covering location problem with customers' preferences: Exploring Pareto optimality-based solutions

S Atta, PRS Mahapatra, A Mukhopadhyay - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
The maximal covering location problem (MCLP) is a well-known combinatorial optimization
problem with several applications in emergency and military services as well as in public …

The vertex cover game: Application to transport networks

VV Gusev - Omega, 2020 - Elsevier
As communications are progressing, transport networks need to be monitored, more
specifically, camera surveillance of violations is needed. Standards are being developed on …

Continuous covering on networks: Improved mixed integer programming formulations

M Pelegrín, L Xu - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Covering problems are well-studied in the domain of Operations Research, and, more
specifically, in Location Science. When the location space is a network, the most frequent …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal coverage-based placement of static leak detection devices for pipeline water supply networks

V Blanco, M Martínez-Antón - Omega, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we provide a mathematical optimization-based framework to determine the
location of leak detection devices along a network. Assuming that the devices are endowed …

A Lattice Boltzmann Method-like Algorithm for the Maximal Covering Location Problem on the Complex Network: Application to Location of Railway Emergency …

H Wang, J Zhou, L Zhou - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inspired by the core idea of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), which is successfully used
in complex and nonlinear processes, we developed a lattice Boltzmann method-like (LBM …

A multi-objective dynamic covering location problem for hierarchical agricultural machinery maintenance facilities

J Han, Q **ang, B Zeng, Y Lei, L Luo - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
It is essential to design a product service system with the adequate location of maintenance
facilities for guaranteeing the fast and dependable response to failures of extremely busy …