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1. Using the Set-Covering Problem to Assign Fire Companies to Fire Houses.

Author

Walker, Warren

Subjects
AUTOMOBILE fires & fire prevention, FIRE engines, TRUCKS, FIRE departments, ASSIGNMENT problems (Programming), DISASTERS, PROBLEM solving
Abstract

This paper gives a set-covering-problem formulation for determining locations for two types of ladder trucks used by the New York City Fire Department. It shows that the formulation can accommodate several different realistic restrictions on the solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1974
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