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Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations Used in Evaluating Emergency Vehicle Busy Probabilities

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  • Jeffrey Goldberg

    (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

  • Ferenc Szidarovszky

    (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

Abstract

In this paper we present two iterative methods for solving a model to evaluate busy probabilities for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) vehicles. The model considers location dependent service times and is an alternative to the mean service calibration method; a procedure, used with the Hypercube Model, to accommodate travel times and location-dependent service times. We use monotonicity arguments to prove that one iterative method always converges to a solution. A large computational experiment suggests that both methods work satisfactorily in EMS systems with low ambulance busy probabilities and the method that always converges to a solution performs significantly better in EMS systems with high busy probabilities.

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  • Jeffrey Goldberg & Ferenc Szidarovszky, 1991. "Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations Used in Evaluating Emergency Vehicle Busy Probabilities," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 39(6), pages 903-916, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:39:y:1991:i:6:p:903-916
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.39.6.903
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    3. Susan Budge & Armann Ingolfsson & Erhan Erkut, 2009. "Technical Note---Approximating Vehicle Dispatch Probabilities for Emergency Service Systems with Location-Specific Service Times and Multiple Units per Location," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 57(1), pages 251-255, February.
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