Interdicting nuclear material on cargo containers using knapsack problem models

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-205

  McLay, Laura A ^a   Lloyd, Jamie D ^a   Niman, Emily ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Knapsack problem; Linear programming; Port security; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960087165     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0667-4     Document Type: Article

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