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Figure 4. Biological agents (classified) of high, medium and low risk on a relative scale.The assistant for randomized monitoring over routes (ARMOR) project was implementedin cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department which provided inputs intoARMOR which were randomized by the game-theory algorithm and the randomizedschedule was then given back to the police. There was some override capability becauseflexibility is essential, but they never did change it during the first two years of operation.ARMOR is still being used at the airport and there is statistical evidence that theintervention rates a LAX improved substantially after the system was implemented. It isnow used also by the TSA to randomize the assignment of federal marshals on airplanes,and other projects.Combining Systems for <strong>Food</strong> ProtectionMy last example illustrates combining systems and risk analyses for food protection. Theinitial idea was to formulate a model of the food-supply chain and then to superimposea risk model. Although this is an elegant approach, it is also cumbersome. But, once you110 <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Security</strong>: The Intersection of Sustainability, Safety and Defense

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