Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We formulate and solve two resource allocation problems motivated by a preparedness question of emergency response services. First, we consider the assignment of vehicles to stations, and, in a second step, assign crews to vehicles. In both cases, we work in a minimax framework and define the objective function for a spatial catchment area as the total risk in this area per resource unit allocated to it. The solutions are explicit and can be calculated in practice by a greedy algorithm that successively allocates a resource unit to an area having maximal relative risk, with suitable tie breaker rules. The approach is illustrated on a data set of incidents reported to the Twente Fire Brigade.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: van Lieshout, M. N. M.
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7125676200
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