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

1 April 1974

journal article
Published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Operations Research

Vol. 22 (2) , 275-277
https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.22.2.275

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.

Keywords

SET COVERING
COVERING PROBLEM
REALISTIC
TRUCKS
HOUSES
LADDER
YORK
ASSIGN
FIRE COMPANIES

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