Resource Allocation on Networks: Nested Event Tree Optimization, Network Interdiction, and Game Theoretic Methods

Resource Allocation on Networks: Nested Event Tree Optimization, Network Interdiction, and Game Theoretic Methods

This dissertation addresses five fundamental resource allocation problems on networks, all of which have applications to support Homeland Security or industry challenges. In the first application, we model and solve the strategic problem of minimizing the expected loss inflicted by a hostile terrori...

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Main Author: Lunday, Brian Joseph
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
Subjects:
network interdiction
factorable programs
resource allocation
global optimization
minimax flow problems
synergy
inner-linearization
outer-approximation
network evasion
overt and covert strategies
dynamic formulation
fleet allocation
Shapley values
marginal cost analysis
railcar management
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77323
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03222010-144334/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77323
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03222010-144334/

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