Playing the "cyber terrorism game" towards a semiotic definition

Human Systems Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Hensgen, Tobin ^a   Desouza, Kevin C ^b   Roberta Evaristo, J ^b   Kraft, George D ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Cyber terrorism; E crimes; Emergence; Games; Human systems; Semiotics; Steganography

Indexed keywords

MILITARY OPERATIONS; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

STEGANOGRAPHY;

SEMIOTICS;

EID: 0142095179     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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