کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
808388 905696 2007 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Cost–benefit functions for the allocation of security sensors for air contaminants
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی مکانیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Cost–benefit functions for the allocation of security sensors for air contaminants
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper, we study various functional forms of the cost–benefit function in a context of risk analysis and multi-objective decision-making for the allocation of hazard protection. An approach of benefit–cost analysis under uncertainty is used. The study identifies measures of hazard intensity and population exposure as well as additional parameters that influence assessments of benefits and costs. Parameter uncertainties are propagated by numerical interval analysis. Several tiers of the uncertainty of the benefit-to-cost ratio are generated to compare hazard intensity and population exposure in multi-objective tradeoff analysis. We develop an example application with the allocation of chemical, biological, and radiological air contaminant sensors throughout a region. The sensors provide local protection to non-identical sectors of the population that are exposed to non-identical intensities of the hazard. The results illuminate the significance of the cost–benefit function for the allocation of sensors. The paper has implications for anti-terrorism, disaster preparedness, transportation safety, and other areas of public safety.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Reliability Engineering & System Safety - Volume 92, Issue 7, July 2007, Pages 930–946
نویسندگان
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