Concepts and applications of backup coverage
Management Science
Simulation modeling for emergency medical service systems
WSC '89 Proceedings of the 21st conference on Winter simulation
Simulation modeling of prehospital trauma care
WSC '93 Proceedings of the 25th conference on Winter simulation
Building valid models: how to build valid and credible simulation models
Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation
Feature Article: Optimization for simulation: Theory vs. Practice
INFORMS Journal on Computing
An emergency medical system simulation model
WSC '71 Proceedings of the 5th conference on Winter simulation
Verification validation: model verification and validation
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Traffic and road planning simulation: modeling ambulance service of the austrian Red Cross
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
A simulation model of a helicopter ambulance service
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation validation with historic outcomes
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
A multiperiod set covering location model for dynamic redeployment of ambulances
Computers and Operations Research
EMS call volume predictions: A comparative study
Computers and Operations Research
Ambulance redeployment: an approximate dynamic programming approach
Winter Simulation Conference
Supply chain redesign for resilience using simulation
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Evaluating dynamic dispatch strategies for emergency medical services: TIFAR simulation tool
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
A simulation-based iterative method for a trauma center: air ambulance location problem
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Verification and validation of simulation models
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Emergency medical systems analysis by simulation and optimization
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
A stochastic optimization model for real-time ambulance redeployment
Computers and Operations Research
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Emergency medical services (EMS) are public safety systems responsible for the pre-hospital stabilization and transport of seriously injured patients. The goal of such systems is to respond adequately to population calls by providing first aid services and transferring patients, when needed, to the emergency department of the appropriate hospital. In order to achieve this goal, a variety of tools (e.g. simulation, mathematical programming and queuing theory models) have been used to improve the performance of EMS. This paper focuses specifically on computer simulation models used for the analysis and improvement of EMS. In particular, we give a critical overview of the existing international literature on simulation models for EMS by pinpointing the issues considered, the associated modeling assumptions as well as the results obtained. Such a contribution is lacking in the current literature.