Date of Award

2016-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Industrial Engineering

Advisor(s)

Smith Eric

Abstract

The War on Drugs has caused cartel related violence to increase, creating a challenge for socio-political stability in Mexico. Currently, the U.S. government focuses on law enforcement measures to interdict drugs in the cartel supply lines.The basics of supply-and-demand and system dynamics approach provided a conceptual framework to understand and capture the features of interdiction in illegal drug markets, and provided important insights to solve the drug violence problem.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

42 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Jagadish Thimiri Mallikarjan

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Engineering Commons

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