Cost-effective drug testing in the transportation industry

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 735-744

  Baker, Joanna R ^a,b,d   Lattimore, Pamela K ^c   Matiieson, Lance A ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

^c PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL TESTING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

BAYESIAN ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING; DECISION RULE; DRUG TESTING; RANDOM TESTS; STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030247853     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15458830.1996.11770719     Document Type: Article

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