Sensor thresholds in port-of-entry inspection systems

2006 Proceedings - 12th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 172-176

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Schroepfer, Christina ^a   Elsayed, Elsayed A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Boolean function; Probability of false negative; Probability of false positive; Sensor threshold levels

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER INSPECTION; INSPECTION SYSTEM; OPTIMUM THRESHOLD; OVERALL COSTS; PROBABILITY OF FALSE NEGATIVES; PROBABILITY OF FALSE POSITIVES; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CONTAINERS; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; SENSORS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 45949092158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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