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Created at: 2025-08-05 21:55:38

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Absolutely! You're looking to **implement an integer linear program (ILP) for the ambulance location problem** using the preprocessed coverage matrix \( a_{ij} \). Below is a **Python implementation using the PuLP library** to solve this problem. --- ### **Code (Python + PuLP)** ```python import pulp # Number of districts n = 8 # Coverage matrix a_ij from the image (1 if j can cover i within 3 minutes, 0 otherwise) a = [ [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1] ] # Create the problem prob = pulp.LpProblem("Ambulance_Location", pulp.LpMinimize) # Decision variables: y_j = 1 if ambulance is placed at district j+1 (since Python is 0-based) y = [pulp.LpVariable(f"y_{j+1}", cat='Binary') for j in range(n)] # Objective: Minimize the number of ambulances prob += pulp.lpSum(y) # Constraints: For each district i, at least one ambulance must cover it within 3 minutes for i in range(n): prob += pulp.lpSum(a[i][j] * y[j] for j in range(n)) >= 1, f"Cover_district_{i+1}" # Solve the problem prob.solve() # Print results print("Status:", pulp.LpStatus[prob.status]) print("Minimum ambulances needed:", pulp.value(prob.objective)) print("Ambulance locations (1-based indices):") for j in range(n): if y[j].varValue == 1: print(f" District {j+1}") ``` --- ## **How to Run** 1. Install PuLP: ``` pip install pulp ``` 2. Save the code above in a `.py` file and run it. --- ## **What This Does** - **Minimizes** the number of ambulances. - Ensures **every district** is covered (within 3 minutes) by at least one ambulance. - **Prints** the optimal number of ambulances and their locations. --- **Let me know if you want the same in another language (e.g., Julia, MATLAB, Gurobi, etc.) or want to include the population weighting!**

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