A Software Simulator for Optimizing Ambulance Location and Response Time: A Preliminary Report

Abstract

In the framework of the EASY-NET project we are working on tools to support the redesign of the Emergency Medical Service network. Based on the historical data, we built a Discrete Event Simulation system that employs predictive analysis to simulate the location of emergency events, which will allow to experiment with different ambulance dispatching rules and will be used to determine the location and the number of EMS vehicles to be employed to ensure fast response times at minimum cost.