Detection of radioactive material entering national ports: a Bayesian approach to radiation portal data

DOI10.1214/10-AOAS334MaRDI QIDQ614138zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bing Han, Siddhartha R. Dalal

Publication date 27 December 2010

Published in The Annals of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.2895

zbMATH Keywords

machine learningPoisson modelterrorismnuclear detectionBayesian classifier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts (62P30) Applications of statistics (62P99)

Abstract: Given the potential for illicit nuclear material being used for terrorism, most ports now inspect a large number of goods entering national borders for radioactive cargo. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is moving toward one hundred percent inspection of all containers entering the U.S. at various ports of entry for nuclear material. We propose a Bayesian classification approach for the real-time data collected by the inline Polyvinyl Toluene radiation portal monitors. We study the computational and asymptotic properties of the proposed method and demonstrate its efficacy in simulations. Given data available to the authorities, it should be feasible to implement this approach in practice.

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