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Examining metrics and methods for determining critical facility system effectiveness

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  • Patrick T. Hester
  • Kevin MacG. Adams
  • Sankaran Mahadevan

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Approaches for quantifying security system performance vary for different critical facilities, ranging from in-depth quantitative analyses to heuristics-based rules of thumb. Since there is no single accepted definition for what constitutes an effective security system for a critical facility and how best to design and analyse these systems, this technical note is a survey of potential metrics and methods for critical facility system effectiveness. Recommendations are made for which metric is best suited for critical facility system effectiveness and a new method is recommended for evaluating system effectiveness.

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  • Patrick T. Hester & Kevin MacG. Adams & Sankaran Mahadevan, 2010. "Examining metrics and methods for determining critical facility system effectiveness," International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(3), pages 211-224.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijcist:v:6:y:2010:i:3:p:211-224
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