Optimal control of a terror queue
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- 作者：Andrea Seidl ; a ; andrea.seidl@tuwien.ac.at" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Edward H. Kaplanb ; edward.kaplan@yale.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jonathan P. Caulkinsc ; caulkins@andrew.cmu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Stefan Wrzaczeka ; d ; stefan.wrzaczek@tuwien.ac.at" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Gustav Feichtingera ; e ; gustav@eos.tuwien.ac.at" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Counterterrorism ; Optimal control ; Queues ; Intelligence ; Staffing models
- 刊名：European Journal of Operational Research
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：248
- 期：1
- 页码：246-256
- 全文大小：653 K
文摘
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We minimize terrorism costs by dynamic counterterror agent staffing.
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The optimal number of agents is not proportional to the number of terror plots.
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Few agents should be deployed if terrorist are very efficient or inefficient.
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We analyze a policy that prevents the rate of terror attacks from increasing.