Coast Guard drug interdiction: a renewal-reward approach to determine optimum investigation time
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gaver, Donald Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Copeland, Eric A. | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Operations Research | |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Jacobs, Patricia A. | |
| dc.date | March 1988 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-27T18:06:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-27T18:06:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A renewal-reward model is developed to predict the optimum amount of time that Coast Guard personnel should spend investigating a vessel for illicit substances. The optimal investigation time is determined with respect to three criteria; maximizing the number of arrests, maximizing the quantity of drugs confiscated, and minimizing the quantity of drugs that escape detection. A simulation study indicates that the optimal investigation time is very sensitive to underlying distributional assumptions. The basic service system model may have wider application, i.e., to combat modelling, where it may be desirable to investigate a potential target to estimate its value before committing limited resources. An adaption of the model may also be of help in allocating resources for mineral exploration. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/coastguarddrugin1094522947 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/22947 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Coast Guard | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Drug interdiction | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Reward-renewal model | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Simulation | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Operations research | en_US |
| dc.title | Coast Guard drug interdiction: a renewal-reward approach to determine optimum investigation time | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Operations Research | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Operations Research | en_US |
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