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Abstract | ||
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Passenger screening is a critical component of aviation security systems. This paper introduces the sequential stochastic security design problem (SSSDP), which models passenger and carry-on baggage-screening operations in an aviation security system. SSSDP is formulated as a two-stage model, where in the first stage security devices are purchased subject to budget and space constraints, and in the second stage a policy determines how passengers that arrive at a security station are screened. Passengers are assumed to check in sequentially, with passenger risk levels determined by a prescreening system. The objective of SSSDP is to maximize the total security of all passenger-screening decisions over a fixed time period, given passenger risk levels and security device parameters. SSSDP is transformed into a deterministic integer program, and an optimal policy for screening passengers is obtained. Examples are provided to illustrate these results, using data extracted from the Official Airline Guide. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1287/trsc.1070.0198 | Transportation Science |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
total security,models passenger,passenger risk level,aviation security system,security device parameter,design problem,sequential stochastic security design,security station,optimal policy,stage security device,sequential stochastic security system,aviation security,passenger screening,airport security,homeland security,parameters,risk analysis,stochastic processes,human factors,mathematical models,occupational safety,injury prevention,risk assessment,suicide prevention,ergonomics | Homeland security,Mathematical optimization,Check-in,Risk analysis (business),Transport engineering,Stochastic process,Aviation,Systems design,Operations research,Mathematical model,Airport security,Mathematics | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
41 | 2 | 0041-1655 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
17 | 1.55 | 6 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander G. Nikolaev | 1 | 77 | 13.33 |
| Sheldon H. Jacobson | 2 | 615 | 76.52 |
| Laura A. Mclay | 3 | 192 | 15.16 |