A Stochastic Program for Interdicting Smuggled Nuclear Material
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This paper describes a stochastic network interdiction model for identifying locations for installing detectors sensitive to nuclear material. A nuclear material smuggler selects a path through a transportation network that maximizes the probability of avoiding detection. An interdictor installs sensors to minimize that maximum probability. This problem is formulated as a bi-level stochastic mixed-integer program. The program is stochastic because the evader’s origin and destination are unknown at the time the detectors are installed. The model is reforD R A F T August 19, 2002, 11:00am D R A F T
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