A Simulation Model of Helicopter Ambulance Service
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Gunes, Ersan
Szechtman, Roberto
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2005
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We study two different operational scenarios for a regional
air ambulance service-company which has bases in northern
California. Two of these bases serve the land areas encompassed
roughly in a circular area of radius 100 miles
centered in Gilroy and Salinas, respectively; with a large
part of their coverage areas reachable from either base. The
base in Salinas currently operates one helicopter only from
Thursday to Monday, whereas the base in Gilroy operates
one helicopter 24/7. The company is considering extending
the operation of one helicopter to 24/7 for its Salinas base.
In this paper we analyze the operational impacts of that extension,
and develop a framework that can be applied towards
the study of the ambulance assignment problem
faced by small operators.
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Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference M. E. Kuhl, N. M. Steiger, F. B. Armstrong, and J. A. Joines, eds.
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Operations Research (OR)
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