The article analyzes the elements of recursion and methods of its optimization, gives a name to the elements of the structure of recursion, an analysis is carried out, a pseudocode is shown. The relevance of using a recurrent approach when conducting inspection activities in order to ensure transport security is revealed. Algorithms of actions of transport security units based on recursion are specified.

Keywords: recursion, transport security, inspection, memoization, segmentation, transport security zone