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OR Forum---Homeland Security: From Mathematical Models to Policy Implementation: The 2008 Philip McCord Morse Lecture

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  • Lawrence M. Wein

    (Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305)

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This paper is the archival record of the INFORMS Philip McCord Morse Lecture delivered in 2008. It describes the author's research on four topics in homeland security and public health: preparedness and response to a bioterror anthrax attack, preparedness and response to a bioterror attack on the food supply, routes of transmission and infection control for pandemic influenza, and biometrics (e.g., fingerprint matching) to prevent terrorists from entering the country. The paper focuses on the modeling, policy recommendations, and implementation of these recommendations. The author draws lessons about policy implementation from these examples and from examples from his other homeland security work with colleagues, including a bioterror smallpox attack, preventing nuclear weapons from entering the country on a shipping container, preventing nuclear weapons from entering a city, and preventing terrorists from crossing the border between the United States and Mexico.

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  • Lawrence M. Wein, 2009. "OR Forum---Homeland Security: From Mathematical Models to Policy Implementation: The 2008 Philip McCord Morse Lecture," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 57(4), pages 801-811, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:57:y:2009:i:4:p:801-811
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.1090.0695
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    1. Yifan Liu & Lawrence M. Wein, 2008. "A Queueing Analysis to Determine How Many Additional Beds Are Needed for the Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(1), pages 1-15, January.
    2. Lawrence M. Wein & Alex H. Wilkins & Manas Baveja & Stephen E. Flynn, 2006. "Preventing the Importation of Illicit Nuclear Materials in Shipping Containers," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(5), pages 1377-1393, October.
    3. Lawrence M. Wein & Yifan Liu & Arik Motskin, 2009. "Analyzing the Homeland Security of the U.S.‐Mexico Border," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 29(5), pages 699-713, May.
    4. Lawrence M. Wein & Michael P. Atkinson, 2009. "Assessing Infection Control Measures for Pandemic Influenza," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 29(7), pages 949-962, July.
    5. Manas Baveja & Lawrence M. Wein, 2009. "An Effective Two-Finger, Two-Stage Biometric Strategy for the US-VISIT Program," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 57(5), pages 1068-1081, October.
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