Emergency Vehicle Scheduling Problem with Time Utility in Disasters

This paper presents a flexible emergency rescue system which is chiefly composed of three parts, namely, disaster assistance center, relief vehicles, and disaster areas. A novel objective of utility maximization is used to evaluate the entire system in disasters. Considering the uncertain road condi...

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Main Authors: Xiaobing Gan, Yan Wang, Junbiao Kuang, Ye Yu, Ben Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/164194