A tool for selecting optimal emergency response unit locations using an integrated AHP-MILP approach

• Main Authors: San Juan, Jayne Lois G., Fernandez, C., Lim, B., Lim, E., Li, R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Emergency management; Spatial systems; Multiple criteria decision making; Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1670; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2669/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

The location of emergency response units (ERUs) is crucial to their operational success. This paper proposes the use of both qualitative and quantitative techniques to consider possible trade-offs between the two in determining optimal locations through an integrated Analytical Hierarchical Process...