Handbook of operations research for homeland security
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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International series in operations research & management science,
v. 183 |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5278-2 |
Item Description: | Printed edition:9781461452775. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 221 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781461452782 (electronic bk.) 1461452783 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | UA927 |
CLC: | D815.5 |
Contents: | Using operations research methods for homeland security problems -- Operations research and homeland security: overview and case study of pandemic influenza -- Deployed security games for patrol planning -- Interdiction models and applications -- Time discrepant shipments in manifest data -- Achieving realistic levels of defensive hedging based on non-monotonic and multi-attribute terrorist utility functions -- Mitigating the risk of an anthrax attack with medical countermeasures -- Service networks for public health and medical preparedness: medical countermeasures dispensing and large-scale disaster relief efforts -- Disaster response planning in the private sector and the role of operations research. |