Interdicting nuclear material on cargo containers using knapsack problem models

DOI10.1007/S10479-009-0667-4zbMATH Open1225.90042OpenAlexW1974591381MaRDI QIDQ646692FDOQ646692

Authors: Laura A. Mclay, Jamie D. Lloyd, Emily Niman 

Publication date: 17 November 2011

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-009-0667-4

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zbMATH Keywords

linear programmingreliabilityknapsack problemport serurity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Combinatorial optimization (90C27)

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