Designing optimal aviation baggage screening strategies using simulated annealing

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1753-1767

  Candalino Jr , Thomas J ^a   Kobza, John E ^a   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation security; Cost analysis; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BAGGAGE SCREENING SECURITY DEVICES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 1842711636     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(03)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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