Passenger grouping with risk levels in an airport security system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 574-584

  Nie, Xiaofeng ^a   Batta, Rajan ^a   Drury, Colin G ^a   Lin, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport security; Passenger grouping strategies; Risk levels

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; ALARM SYSTEMS; ERRORS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AIRPORT SECURITIES; AIRPORT SECURITY; EFFICIENT; EUROPEAN; FALSE ALARM PROBABILITIES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCHES; PASSENGER GROUPING STRATEGIES; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PRESCREENING; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARMS; RISK CLASSES; RISK LEVELS; SECURITY CHECKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 54449094815     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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