Using pattern analysis and systematic randomness to allocate U.S. border security resources /

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is responsible for protecting U.S. borders against terrorist threats, criminal endeavors, illegal immigration, and contraband. Unfortunately, due to budgetary and other resource constraints, it cannot "see and be" everywhere at once. In response, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Predd, Joel Benjamin, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1211-DHS.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Homeland Security > Personnel management > Mathematical models.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security.
Border security > United States > Mathematical models.
Sécurité frontalière > États-Unis > Modèles mathématiques.
Personnel management > Mathematical models.
Political Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Immigration & Emigration.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Resource allocation, pattern analysis, and systematic randomness
  • Simulation model of OBP patrol-smuggler interaction
  • Findings from the analysis of the simulation model
  • Comparison of border patrol stations
  • Experimental design for evaluating the contributions of pattern analysis and systematic randomness
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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