Handbook of operations research for homeland security

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Herrmann, Jeffrey W.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: 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.