The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is currently in the pilot evaluation phase of GUARDS for use in scheduling airport security operations. Our GUARDS (Game-theoretic Unpredictable and Randomly Deployed Security) project has begun to evaluate application of GUARDS at the Pittsburgh International Airport and LAX with the Phase 1 currently operational.
GUARDS in News
Viterbi News Article, Sept 2009:
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is the latest government protective agency to investigate for operational use a sophisticated system that makes security operations impossible for terrorists or criminals to predict.
A research group led by Milind Tambe of the USC Viterbi School Department of Computer Science developed the system, known as "ARMOR" in the version now in use at Los Angeles International Airport. The USC-based National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) funded the work.
