Examining military medical evacuation dispatching policies utilizing a Markov decision process model of a controlled queueing system

DOI10.1007/s10479-018-2760-zzbMath1434.90023OpenAlexW2788611950MaRDI QIDQ1730569

Brian J. Lunday, Matthew J. Robbins, Phillip R. Jenkins

Publication date: 6 March 2019

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2760-z

zbMATH Keywords

queueingMarkov decision processesadmission controlmilitary medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)emergency medical service (EMS)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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Uses Software

• CPLEX

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