Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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477261 | European Journal of Operational Research | 2009 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We study the problem of suitably locating US Coast Guard air stations to respond to emergency distress calls. Our goal is to identify robust locations in the presence of uncertainty in distress call locations. Our analysis differs from the literature primarily in the way we model this uncertainty. In our optimization and simulation based methodology, we develop a statistical model and demonstrate our procedure using a real data set of distress calls. In addition to guiding strategic decisions of placement of various stations, our methodology is also able to provide guidance on how the resources should be allocated across stations.
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Authors
David Afshartous, Yongtao Guan, Anuj Mehrotra,