Optimal response against bioterror attack on airport terminal

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-424

  Berman, Oded ^a   Gavious, Arieh ^b,c   Menezes, Mozart B C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d MIT Zaragoza International Logistics Program   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioterror; OR in health services; OR in medicine; Penalty methods; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT TERMINALS; BIOTERROR; EPIDEMIC MODELS; GOVERNMENT IS; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL RESPONSE; OR IN HEALTH SERVICES; PENALTY METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BIOTERRORISM;

EID: 84857052465     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.036     Document Type: Article

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