Optimal dispatching strategies for emergency vehicles to increase patient survivability

DOI10.1504/IJOR.2012.048867zbMath1362.90127MaRDI QIDQ2627332

Maria E. Mayorga, Laura A. McLay, Damitha Bandara

Publication date: 31 May 2017

Published in: International Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Markov decision processsurvival probabilityoptimisationdispatching rulesemergency medical servicesMDPEMSemergency servicespriority Listemergency vehiclesambulancespatient survivaloptimal dispatchcall prioritydispatching policiesdispatching strategiesordered preferenceparamedic unitsparamedicspatient outcomespatient survivability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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