Article ID: | iaor1998376 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 255 |
End Page Number: | 263 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Jacobson S.H., Kobza J.E. |
Keywords: | law & law enforcement, risk |
This paper presents probability models of access control security system architectures. Access control is the process of screening objects; for example, people, baggage, entering a secured area in order to detect and prevent entry by threats such as unauthorized personnel, firearms, explosives. A security system architecture consists of device technologies, as well as operational policies and procedures for utilizing the technologies. The probability models are developed based on Type I (a false alarm is given) and Type II (a threat is not detected) errors. The concept of