Effectiveness evaluation of alternative fixed-site safeguard security systems. [Computer model]
An evaluation of a fixed-site physical protection system must consider the interrelationships of barriers, alarms, on-site and off-site guards, and their effectiveness against a forcible adversary attack intent on creating an act of sabotage of theft. A computer model, Forcible Entry Safeguard Effectiveness Model (FESEM), was developed for the evaluation of alternative fixed-site protection systems. It was written in the GASP IV simulation language. A hypothetical fixed-state protection system is defined and relative evaluations from a cost-effectiveness point of view are presented in order to demonstrate how the model can be used. Trade-offs involving on-site and off-site response forces and response times, perimeter system alarms, barrier configurations, and varying levels of threat are analyzed. The computer model provides a framework for performing inexpensive experiments on fixed-site security systems, for testing alternative decisions, and for determining the relative cost effectiveness associated with these decision policies. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7192088
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-75-6159; CONF-760703-5; TRN: 76-016026
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Summer computer simulation conference, Washington, DC, USA, 12 Jul 1976
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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