The facility location for emergency response -a multi-objective approach

Ivan Hernandez, Jose Ramirez-Marquez

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    Abstract

    In the event of a bio-hazard break out in a city, response agencies will open Temporary Emergency Units (TEUs) in every affected neighborhood to vaccinate the population. Through evolutionary algorithms, this research shows how response agencies can choose the best locations for setting up TEUs when a set of competing objectives are considered. Based on the proposed approach, response agencies can obtain trade-off solutions with respect to: a) setting up few TEUs, but with the drawback that processing the entire population might take a long time, or b) processing the entire population in time, by setting up a large number of facilities.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2012 and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012, EuSEC 2012
    Pages722-736
    Number of pages15
    StatePublished - 2012
    Event22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2012 and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012, EuSEC 2012 - Rome, Italy
    Duration: 9 Jul 201212 Jul 2012

    Publication series

    Name22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2012 and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012, EuSEC 2012
    Volume2

    Conference

    Conference22nd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2012 and the 8th Biennial European Systems Engineering Conference 2012, EuSEC 2012
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityRome
    Period9/07/1212/07/12

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