| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 交通管理(科學)學系 === 84 === The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is of great importance to
the lives of the people. In Taiwan, however, the natural
geographical barriers, road congestion, and unevenly distributed
medical resources have prohibited this vital service to some
remote areas. Thus, the establishment of an efficient Air EMS
network and making this service available to every individual is
one of the urgent public works in Taiwan.The purpose of
designing this network is to ensure patients and severely
injured persons can always be transported in time to the
designated medical service stations for medical treatments.
Since such a service costs a lot, the planners have to locate
this resource effectively.Upon surveying current and potential
sites for medical facilities and heliports, we construct a
mathematical model to simultaneously determine the heliport and
designated hospital locations, numbers of helicopters, and
delivery routes for the patients. We also propose a heuristic
algorithm to solve this kind of location decision problem.
Besides, we use the UfosNet planning software to display the
results, so users can better see the location and their service
areas of the heliports and the hospitals. Further, results from
this case study can serve as a reference for government
authorities to design the Air Emergency Medical Service System
in the near future.
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