Handbook of Operations Research for Homeland Security

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Herrmann, Jeffrey W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 183
• Θέματα: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Social policy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Social Policy.

This new Handbook addresses the state of the art in the application of operations research models to problems in preventing terrorist attacks, planning and preparing for emergencies, and responding to and recovering from disasters. The purpose of the book is to enlighten policy makers and decision m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.