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Effectiveness evaluation of alternative fixed-site safeguard security systems. [Computer model]

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7192088
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
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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