Risk-based policies for airport security checkpoint screening

Transportation Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-349

  McLay, Laura A ^a   Lee, Adrian J ^b   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation security; Dynamic programming; Markov decision processes; Sequential assignment problem

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION;

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; AVIATION SECURITY; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; OFFICIAL AIRLINE GUIDES; PASSENGER ASSIGNMENTS; POTENTIAL TERRORIST; SECURITY CHECKPOINT; SEQUENTIAL ASSIGNMENT;

AIRPORT SECURITY;

EID: 77955628942     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1090.0308     Document Type: Article

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