Security investment in aviation industry: A longitudinal analysis

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 276-291

  Wang, Ying ^a   Andoh Baidoo, Francis Kofi ^a   Sun, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation industry; Data mining; Investment rationality; Resource allocation; Risk assessment; Transportation security

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS; AVIATION INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION-TREE ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS; TRANSPORTATION SECURITY;

CIVIL AVIATION; DATA MINING; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

AIRPORT SECURITY;

EID: 84893618782     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-04-2013-0176     Document Type: Article

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