This new Handbook addresses the state of the art in the application of operations research models to problems in preventing terrorist attacks, planning andpreparing for emergencies, and responding to and recovering from disasters. The purpose of the book is to enlighten policy makers and decision makers aboutthe 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: .UsingOperations Research Methods for Homeland Security ProblemsOperations Researchand 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 INDICE: 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-AttributeTerrorist 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.
- ISBN: 978-1-4614-5277-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés