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Designing optimal aviation baggage screening strategies using simulated annealing [An article from: Computers and Operations Research]
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PublisherElsevier
ISBN / ASINB000RR176C
ISBN-13978B000RR1764
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This digital document is a journal article from Computers and Operations Research, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Terrorist activities are a critical threat to domestic aviation security. Current aviation security models created to address this threat are descriptive rather than prescriptive; they evaluate a given baggage screening strategy rather than identify optimal baggage screening strategies. Moreover, these models only incorporate costs associated with purchasing and operating baggage screening security devices. This research introduces a comprehensive cost function that not only includes direct costs associated with the purchase and operation of baggage screening security devices, but also includes indirect costs associated with device errors. A methodology is presented to determine the best selection of baggage screening security devices that minimizes the expected annual total cost of a baggage screening strategy. Computational experiments with this methodology are presented. Scope and purpose: This research presents an optimization-based tool for designing effective aviation security systems. The tool uses a broader cost model than previous tools. It also uses a simulated annealing heuristic to identify lower cost system configurations. This study evaluates the tool's performance for a set of input parameter values in order to recommend appropriate settings for practical use of the tool.
Description:
Terrorist activities are a critical threat to domestic aviation security. Current aviation security models created to address this threat are descriptive rather than prescriptive; they evaluate a given baggage screening strategy rather than identify optimal baggage screening strategies. Moreover, these models only incorporate costs associated with purchasing and operating baggage screening security devices. This research introduces a comprehensive cost function that not only includes direct costs associated with the purchase and operation of baggage screening security devices, but also includes indirect costs associated with device errors. A methodology is presented to determine the best selection of baggage screening security devices that minimizes the expected annual total cost of a baggage screening strategy. Computational experiments with this methodology are presented. Scope and purpose: This research presents an optimization-based tool for designing effective aviation security systems. The tool uses a broader cost model than previous tools. It also uses a simulated annealing heuristic to identify lower cost system configurations. This study evaluates the tool's performance for a set of input parameter values in order to recommend appropriate settings for practical use of the tool.
