TY - JOUR A2 - Ng, Yew-Kwang AU - Moffitt, L. Joe AU - Stranlund, John K. AU - Osteen, Craig D. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/07/14 TI - Securing the Border from Invasives: Robust Inspections under Severe Uncertainty SP - 510127 VL - 2010 AB - Two important features of agricultural quarantine inspections of shipping containers for invasive species at U.S. ports of entry are the general absence of economic considerations and the severe uncertainty that surrounds invasive species introductions. In this article, we propose and illustrate a method for determining an inspection monitoring protocol that addresses both issues. An inspection monitoring protocol is developed that is robust in maximizing the set of uncertain outcomes over which an economic performance criterion is achieved. The framework is applied to derive an alternative to Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) for shipments of fruits and vegetables as currently practiced at ports of entry in the United States. SN - 2090-2123 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/510127 DO - 10.1155/2010/510127 JF - Economics Research International PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -