How effective is security screening of airline passengers?

Interfaces

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 545-552

  Martonosi, Susan E ^a   Barnett, Arnold ^b  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis: applications; Industries: transportation, shipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845426751     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0231     Document Type: Article

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