On determining specifications and selections of alternative technologies for airport checked-baggage security screening

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1299-1310

  Feng, Qianmei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport checked baggage security screening; Cost effectiveness; False alarm and false clear; Probabilistic risk assessment; Specifications

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; BAGGAGE HANDLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPERATING COSTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIFICATIONS;

AIRPORT CHECKED-BAGGAGE SECURITY SCREENING; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS (EDS); EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION SYSTEMS (ETD); PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

AIRPORT; BACKSCATTER; FEDERAL SYSTEM; LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 36849052437     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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