Non-emergency patient transport services planning through genetic algorithms

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Highlights：

• NURA, a Non-Urgent transport Routing Algorithm is proposed in this work.

• The proposed algorithm is able to generate detailed routes for ambulances.

• NURA relies on a genetic algorithm, and it includes a scheduling algorithm.

• A comparison between NURA and human experts’ solutions is presented.

• NURA reduces the time spent by patients in ambulances and increases ambulance usage.

摘要

•NURA, a Non-Urgent transport Routing Algorithm is proposed in this work.•The proposed algorithm is able to generate detailed routes for ambulances.•NURA relies on a genetic algorithm, and it includes a scheduling algorithm.•A comparison between NURA and human experts’ solutions is presented.•NURA reduces the time spent by patients in ambulances and increases ambulance usage.

论文关键词：Genetic algorithms,Intelligent transportation systems,Non-emergency patient transport Services

论文评审过程：Received 18 September 2015, Revised 6 November 2015, Accepted 17 May 2016, Available online 20 May 2016, Version of Record 6 June 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.05.028