Investing in transport security solutions:using the quantitative risk assessment (QRA) approach

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-298

  Urciuoli, Luca ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antagonistic threats; Quantitative risk assessment QRA; Risk assessment; Road cargo theft; Security investments; Transport security

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053259204     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2011.042669     Document Type: Article

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