The Benefits of Positive Passenger Profiling on Baggage Screening Requirementsv

Abstract

This briefing describes work undertaken as part of a RAND internal study of the nation's air transportation system and the impacts of proposed security measures on its long-term vitality. It extends work found in a recent RAND white paper, Safer Skies: Baggage Screening and Beyond, WP-131/1-RC/NSRD (Reference 1), and is a companion to How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment by Considering the Economic Cost of Passenger Delays Main Report, DB-410-RC (Reference 2), and How Much Is Enough: Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment to Minimize the Cost of Flying Executive Summary, DB-412-RC (Reference 3).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA427398

Entities

People

  • Michael Kennedy
  • Russell D. Shaver

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Airport Security
  • Airports
  • Commerce
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Transportation
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.