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100 1 _aHerrmann, Jeffrey W.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aHandbook of Operations Research for Homeland Security
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Jeffrey W. Herrmann.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXIV, 221 p. 39 illus., 23 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
_x0884-8289 ;
_v183
505 0 _aUsing 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.
520 _aThis 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 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 Mitigating the Risk of an Anthrax Attack with Medical Countermeasures Service Networks for Public Health Preparedness and Large-scale Disaster Relief Efforts Disaster Response Planning in the Private Sector
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aEngineering mathematics.
650 0 _aSocial policy.
650 0 _aOperations research.
650 1 4 _aEconomics/Management Science.
650 2 4 _aOperation Research/Decision Theory.
650 2 4 _aAppl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
650 2 4 _aSocial Policy.
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
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