Handbook of operations research for homeland security / Jeffrey W. Herrmann, editor.
| Other author | Herrmann, Jeffrey W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer, [2013] |
| Description | xiv, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | International 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012948967 |
| ISBN | 9781461452775 (hardback : acid-free) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |