Handbook of operations research for homeland security / Jeffrey W. Herrmann, editor.

Other author Herrmann, Jeffrey W.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Springer, [2013]
Descriptionxiv, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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SeriesInternational series in operations research & management science, 0884-8289 ; v. 183
International series in operations research & management science ; v. 183. ^A489986
Contents 1. Using operations research methods for homeland security problems / Jeffrey W. Herrmann -- 2. Operations research and homeland security: overview and case study of pandemic influenza / Richard C. Larson, Anna Teytelman and Stan Finkelstein -- 3. Deployed security games for patrol planning / Fernando Ordóñez, Milind Tambe, Juan F. Jara, Manish Jain, Christopher Kiekintveld, and Jason Tsai -- 4. Interdiction models and applications / Nedialko B. Dimitrov and David P. Morton -- 5. Time discrepant shipments in manifest data / James Abello, Mikey Chen and Neel Parikh -- 6. Achieving realistic levels of defensive hedging based on non-monotonic and multi-attribute terrorist utility functions / Vicki Marion Bier, Jaime Marie Bonorato and Chen Wang -- 7. Mitigating the risk of an anthrax attack with medical countermeasures / Jeffrey W. Herrmann -- 8. Service networks for public health and medical preparedness: medical countermeasures dispensing and large-scale disaster relief efforts / Eva K. Lee, Ferdinand Pietz and Bernard Benecke -- 9. Disaster response planning in the private sector and the role of operations research / Özlem Ergun, Gonca Karakus, Paul Kerl, Pinar Keskinocak, Julie L. Swann, Monica Villarreal, and Matthew J. Drake.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012948967
ISBN9781461452775 (hardback : acid-free)

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