Date of Award
2012-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s)
Jose F. Espiritu
Abstract
This thesis addresses the aviation baggage screening design problem considering several baggage screening devices which may be used for system implementation, the devices have different false clear and false alarm rates, throughput and purchase costs. In the present research, a comprehensive cost function which not only includes the cost associated with purchase and operation of baggage security devices, but also includes the indirect costs associated with device errors is used. A new monkey search based evolutionary algorithm is presented to determine the best selection of baggage screening security devices in order to minimize the expected annual total cost. The final solution to the aviation baggage screening problem specifies the number and type of devices to be installed, an example applying the proposed method is presented using data from previous studies.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2012
File Size
81 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Edgar Ivan Jimenez
Recommended Citation
Jimenez, Edgar Ivan, "Designing Optimal Aviation Baggage Screening Strategies Using the Monkey Search Algorithm" (2012). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2320.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2320