Modeling the effects of port disasters

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-146

  Paul, Jomon Aliyas ^a   Maloni, Michael J ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Container port; Decision support systems; Disaster planning; Security; Simulation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953489225     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/mel.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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