Analyzing Maritime Transportation of Illegal Drugs from South America Final Report

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Atkinson, M.P.
Kress, M.
Szechtman, R.
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drug smuggling
game theory
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2015
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Period of Performance: 8/3/2015
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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This report addresses two objectives: (1) estimating the steady-state presence of drug- trafficking vessels at sea originating from South America, (2) analyzing how Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) may alter the flow of drug shipments at sea in response to actions taken by the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). This information will provide insight to USSOUTHCOM about the effect of force allocation on the outcome of counter-drug operations.
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M. P. Atkinson, M. Kress, and R. Szechtman
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/57937
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Operations Research (OR)
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Naval Research Program
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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.
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