We consider a class of location-allocation problems with immobile servers, stochastic demand and congestion that arises in several planning contexts: location of emergency medical clinics; preventive healthcare centers; refuse collection and disposal centers; stores and service centers; bank branches and automated banking machines; internet mirror sites; web service providers (servers); and dis...

the world health organization (who) has supported and recommended study and research on the various aspects of leishmaniasis which is one of the six major tropical region diseases. cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered as a common parasitic disease in iran. considering the fact that few studies have been conducted about some centers of disease such as khorram-shahr and the information about the...

Federally Qualified Health Centers provide health care services to underserved communities and vulnerable populations. In Maryland, the burden of chronic disease is high among Federally Qualified Health Center patients. Electronic health records (EHRs) are becoming more widely used, and effective use of EHR data may improve chronic disease outcomes. This article describes the process of develop...

Location management deals with how to track mobile users within the cellular network. It consists of two basic operations: location update and paging. The total cost of location management is the sum of the location update cost and the paging cost. There are many location management schemes, Location Areas and Reporting Centers are two classical and popular location management schemes. To the b...

The allocation of cadaveric organs for transplantation in the United States is governed by a process of private regulation. Through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), stakeholders and public representatives determine the substantive content of allocation rules. Between 1994 and 2000 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted a rule making to define more cl...

this paper proposes a bi-objective model for the facility location problem under a congestion system. the idea of the model is motivated by applications of locating servers in bank automated teller machines (atms), communication networks, and so on. this model can be specifically considered for situations in which fixed service facilities are congested by stochastic demand within queueing frame...