ER-ACO: A Real-Time Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Emergency Medical Services Routing and Hospital Resource Scheduling

Ahmed Métwalli, Fares Fathy, Esraa Khatab, Omar Shalash

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DOI: 10.3390/a19020102
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Container: Algorithms
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@article{allodium:10.3390/a19020102,
  title = {ER-ACO: A Real-Time Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Emergency Medical Services Routing and Hospital Resource Scheduling},
  author = {Ahmed Métwalli and Fares Fathy and Esraa Khatab and Omar Shalash},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Algorithms},
  doi = {10.3390/a19020102},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/a19020102}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - ER-ACO: A Real-Time Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Emergency Medical Services Routing and Hospital Resource Scheduling
AU  - Ahmed Métwalli
AU  - Fares Fathy
AU  - Esraa Khatab
AU  - Omar Shalash
PY  - 2026
JO  - Algorithms
DO  - 10.3390/a19020102
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/a19020102
ER  -

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Métwalli, A., Fathy, F., Khatab, E., & Shalash, O. (2026). ER-ACO: A Real-Time Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Emergency Medical Services Routing and Hospital Resource Scheduling. Algorithms. https://doi.org/10.3390/a19020102

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