Heuristic Methods for Locating Emergency Facilities
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Facility location problems form an important class of industrial optimization problems. These problems typically involve the optimal location of facilities. For our purposes, a facility is just a physical entity that assists with the provision of a service or the production of a product. Examples include: schools, ambulance depots, emergency care centers, firestations, workstations, libraries etc. The objective may involve factors such as cost, distance or service utilization. The optimization problems are complicated by the need to meet a number of specified constraints. These constraints may relate to safety, available resources, level of service, time, etc.
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