The last line of defense: Designing radiation detection-interdiction systems to protect cities from a nuclear terrorist attack

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 654-669

  Wein, Lawrence M ^a   Atkinson, Michael P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Optimal stopping; Queueing theory; Radiation detection

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; GUNS (ARMAMENT); OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING THEORY; SENSORS; VEHICLES;

NUCLEAR WEAPON; OPTIMAL STOPPING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34250773839     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.897829     Document Type: Article

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