Wilhelm, Wilbert E.2010-07-152010-07-232017-04-072010-07-152010-07-232017-04-072009-052010-07-14http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-360The purpose of this dissertation is to synthesize a methodology to prescribe a strategic design of a surveillance system to provide the required level of surveillance for ports and waterways. The method of approach to this problem is to formulate a linear integer programming model to prescribe a strategic surveillance system design (SSD) for ports or waterways, to devise branch-and-price decomposition (Bengbranch and price, integer programming, homeland security, port and waterway surveillance, integer programming, knapsack problem, liftingBook