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Conflict and Complexity Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, Ethnic and Regional Violence /

Complexity science affords a number of novel tools for examining terrorism, particularly network analysis and NK-Boolean fitness landscapes as well as other tools drawn from non-linear dynamical systems modeling. This book follows the methodologies of complex adaptive systems research in their appli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Fellman, Philip Vos (Editor ), Bar-Yam, Yaneer (Editor ), Minai, Ali A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Understanding Complex Systems,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Part I: The Theoretical Background
  • Modeling Terrorist Networks: The Second Decade
  • Complex Systems Studies and Terrorism
  • The Psychology of Terrorism
  • A Framework for Agent-based Social Simulations of Social Identity Dynamics
  • DIME/PMESII Models
  • Net-Centric Logistics: Complex systems science aims at moving targets
  • Part II: Applications and Case Studies
  • A Fractal Concept of War
  • Disrupting Terrorist Networks, A Dynamic Fitness Landscape Approach
  • Comparison of approaches for adversary modeling decision support for counterterrorism
  • The Landscape of Maritime Piracy and the Limits of Statistical Prediction
  • Identities, Anonymity and Information Warfare
  • Part II: Broader Horizons
  • The Geography of Ethnic Violence
  • Food Security and Political Instability: From Ethanol and Speculation to Riots and Revolutions
  • South African Riots: Repercussion of the Global Food Crisis and US drought
  • Conflict in Yemen: From Ethnic Fighting to Food Riots
  • Complexity and the Limits of Revolution: What Will Happen to the Arab Spring?.