Bandara, Damitha; Mayorga, Maria E; McLay, Laura A - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society 65 (2014) 4, pp. 572-587
Emergency medical service (EMS) systems provide urgent medical care and transport. In this study we implement dispatching policies for EMS systems that incorporate the severity of the call in order to increase the survival probability of patients. A simulation model is developed to evaluate the...