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Framework for Quantifying Uncertainty in Electric Ship Design
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95RAND presents a framework for assessing various components of electric drive propulsion for naval vessels and determining their effects on overall ship performance. more...
Evaluating the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Much worldwide cargo, from raw materials to finished products, travels viacontainerized shipping. For the shippers, the main concern has always beenlosses from theft or accident. But shipping containers are as attractive toterrorists as they are to thieves and smugglers. more...
The State of U.S. Railroads
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95U.S. railroads have improved their productivity, but increasing freight. volume threatens to cause performance-degrading capacity constraints. This. report describes the current state of railroad capacity and performance for. freight transportation. more...
Federal Financial Incentives to Induce Early Experience Producing Unconventional Liquid Fuels
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95The government, as a principal, may seek to induce a private investor, as anagent, to build and operate an unconventional-oil production plant topromote early production experience with such plants. Given this goal,facing significant uncertainty about the future, the government wants tolimit the cost to the public treasury of doing this. This report... more...
Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
RAND Corporation 2010; US$ 9.95The ability to measure emergency preparedness is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This volume describes a method, based on the concept... more...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Border Security Between Ports-of-Entry
RAND Corporation 2010; US$ 9.95Focusing on three missions--illegal drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration--this report recommends ways to measure performance of U.S. border-security efforts in terms of interdiction, deterrence, and exploiting networked intelligence. more...
Estimating Terrorism Risk
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95This monograph provides a practical definition of terrorism risk, presents a method of estimating it, and demonstrates a framework for evaluating this method. Results support conclusions on how to improve risk-based resource allocation. more...
Unexploded Ordnance
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Evaluates the technical soundness of existing methods for assessing the risks posed by unexploded ordnance at U.S. military installations. This report examines methods for assessing the risks of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on former military training land, particularly sites on closed or transferred bases that will be or have been converted to civilian... more...
Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4
RAND Corporation 2006; US$ 9.95This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It characterizes response activities and expected hazards, and develops guidelines for selecting appropriate personal protective equipment... more...
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