Prioritising security vulnerabilities in ports

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 622-636

  Yang, Zaili ^a   Ng, Adolf K Y ^b   Wang, Jin ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Bayesian networks; Fuzzy logic; Port security; Risk assessment; Vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885082219     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2013.056856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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