A Value Model for Evaluating Homeland Security Decisions

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1470-1487

  Keeney, Ralph L ^a   Von Winterfeldt, Detlof ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

DHS decisions; Identifying objectives; Severity index; Utility function; Value tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

DHS DECISIONS; IDENTIFYING OBJECTIVES; SEVERITY INDEX; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; VALUE TRADEOFFS;

RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; LITERATURE REVIEW; TERRORISM; TRADE-OFF; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECURITY MEASURES; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053424264     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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