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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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588
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Risk Analysis
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| Abstract - #306612 |
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Title:
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Quarantine Inspection: How Risky a Business?
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Author(s):
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Andrew Robinson*+ and Mark Burgman and Rob Cannon
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Companies:
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ACERA/University of Melbourne and ACERA/University of Melbourne and DAFF
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Address:
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c/o Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Parkville, International, 3010, Australia
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Keywords:
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Jeffrey intervals ;
hypothesis test ;
border security ;
cost recovery
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Abstract:
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The application of statistical thinking to risk-assessment in the context of quarantine inspection provides a rich and satisfying set of tools for problem solving. We develop a statistical framework for the allocation of inspection resources, and demonstrate its deployment in real-world challenges.
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