Joint location and assignment optimization of multi-type fire vehicles

摘要: Fire service quality relies on fast response and cooperation of various types of responders to maintain efficient operations and reliable rescue services. This paper investigates a joint location and assignment optimization (JLAO) problem, where fire vehicles from different fire stations can be dispatched jointly as a cooperative unit in a fire rescue operation. We first propose a mixed integer non‐linear program to optimize the station location and vehicle assignment decisions, aiming to minimize the total system cost including facility construction …