The optimal placement of casualty evacuation assets: a linear programming model

  • Authors:

  • Scott C. Sundstrom;Christopher G. Blood;Serge A. Matheny

  • Affiliations:

  • Medical Information Systems and Operations Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA;Medical Information Systems and Operations Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA;Medical Information Systems and Operations Research Department, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA

  • Venue:
  • WSC '96 Proceedings of the 28th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Through the use of linear programming techniques, the optimal number and positioning of patient evacuation assets within a theater of operations may be determined to ensure the orderly transport of casualties from the front lines to third echelon medical treatment facilities. The Probabilistic Location Set Covering Problem has been chosen as the core module for a linear programming model to assist in these deterniinations. The Optimal Placement of Casualty Evacuation Assets (OPTEVAC) model prompts the user to enter the dimensions of the theater, troop deployment nodes, types of evacuation assets available, and preferred locations of medical treatment facilities. The OPTEVAC model then provides output as to the required numbers of ground and air ambulances as well as the optimal positioning of those evacuation assets and ambulance exchange points.