Accession Number:
AD0768077
Title:
Mathematical Programming Applications in the Analysis of the Deployment and Utilization of Fire-Fighting Resources,
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Corporate Author:
NEW YORK CITY-RAND INST N Y
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Report Date:
1973-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
The paper gives a brief review of some applications of mathematical programming in the analysis of the deployment of fire engines. The author discusses a semi-Markov decision process linear programming formulation of the problem of deciding how many fire engines to dispatch to a new alarm, a staged integer programming formulation of the problem of relocating fire engines to rebalance city-wide protection when extremely large fires deplete part of the city, and simple non-linear integer programming formulations of strategic resource allocation problems. All analyses have resulted in policy recommendations that have influenced current operations of the New York City Fire Department. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Civil Engineering
- Safety Engineering