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1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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text file |
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| Series |
International series in operations research & management science,
0884-8289 ;
v. 183
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International series in operations research & management science ; v. 183.
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| Contents |
Using Operations Research Methods for Homeland Security Problems / Jeffrey W. Herrmann -- Operations Research and Homeland Security: Overview and Case Study of Pandemic Influenza / Richard C. Larson, Anna Teytelman and Stan Finkelstein -- Deployed Security Games for Patrol Planning / Fernando Ordóñez, Milind Tambe, Juan F. Jara, Manish Jain and Christopher Kiekintveld, et al. -- Interdiction Models and Applications / Nedialko B. Dimitrov and David P. Morton -- Time Discrepant Shipments in Manifest Data / James Abello, Mikey Chen and Neel Parikh -- 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 -- Mitigating the Risk of an Anthrax Attack with Medical Countermeasures / Jeffrey W. Herrmann -- 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 -- Disaster Response Planning in the Private Sector and the Role of Operations Research / Özlem Ergun, Gonca Karakus, Paul Kerl, Pinar Keskinocak and Julie L. Swann, et al. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 makers about the power of operations research to help organizations plan for and respond to terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and public health emergencies, while at the same time providing researchers with one single source of up-to-date research and applications. The Handbook consists of nine separate chapters: Using Operations Research Methods for Homeland Security ProblemsOperations Research and Homeland Security: Overview and Case Study of Pandemic InfluenzaDeployed Security Games for Patrol PlanningInterdiction Models and ApplicationsTime Discrepant Shipments in Manifest DataAchieving Realistic Levels of Defensive Hedging Mitigating the Risk of an Anthrax Attack with Medical CountermeasuresService Networks for Public Health Preparedness and Large-scale Disaster Relief EffortsDisaster Response Planning in the Private Sector. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National security -- United States.
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National security. |
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United States. |
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Civil defense -- United States.
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Civil defense. |
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Operations research.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement. |
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Science économique. |
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Operations research. |
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Affaires. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Herrmann, Jeffrey W.
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| In: |
Springer eBooks |
| Other Form: |
Printed edition: 9781461452775 |
| ISBN |
9781461452782 (electronic book) |
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1461452783 (electronic book) |
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1461452775 (print) |
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9781461452775 (print) |
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9781461452775 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4614-5278-2 |
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