Healthcare facility (HCF) location has attracted considerable attention from the operations
research community over nearly four decades as one of the most important strategic issues …

This paper reviews the papers on the applications of VNS in the health care area by
analyzing the characteristics of VNS in different problems. In the health care field, many …

This paper describes a Benders decomposition algorithm capable of efficiently solving large-
scale instances of the well-known multicommodity capacitated network design problem with …

The correct distribution of service facilities can help keep fixed and overhead costs low while
increasing accessibility. When an appropriate location is chosen, public-sector facilities …

This paper addresses a multi-period three-level health service network redesign problem.
The problem involves strategic decisions on locating, closing or expanding the capacity of …

Purpose This study proposes strategies for vaccine center allocation for coronavirus disease
(COVID) vaccine by determining the number of vaccination stations required for the …

This study proposes a new vaccination station location model while simultaneously
considering the multiple-period planning of medical professionals and their working plan, as …

We consider issues of equity in stochastic facility location models for healthcare
applications. We explore how uncertainty exacerbates inequity and examine several equity …

Improving access to care in medically under-served areas (MUA) is an important task for
public health policy in many countries. A lack of access to care in MUAs is often addressed …

Hub location problems appear at the core of strategic planning for many transportation and
logistics problems. This class of optimization problems has received a wide gamut of …