Using activity focus networks to pressure terrorist organizations

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-49

  Corman, Steven R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of the International Communication Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Communication; Counterterrorism; Network; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY SYSTEMS; COMPLEX ACTIVITY; COUNTER TERRORISM; DOWNSIDE RISKS; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; JOINT ACTIVITY; SIMULATION; TERRORIST ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TERRORISM; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33646415096     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-006-7082-z     Document Type: Article

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