A Reliability Based Solution to an Ambulance Location Problem Using Fuzzy Set Theory

摘要

In this study, the reliability based double standard model (RBDSM) was proposed to address the travel time uncertainty associated with the determination of the coverage. This new covering model was applied to solve the ambulance location problem of the province of Sivas, Turkey. The reliability analyses were performed between all demands as a function of the fuzzy shortest travel time and the fuzzy target travel time. The results indicate that the fuzzy travel times may be appropriate to handle the uncertainty investigated here and have a good potential to be used for the ambulance location problems.