Hiding in plain sight - Using signals to detect terrorists

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 245-255

  Basuchoudhary, Atin ^a   Razzolini, Laura ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Nash equilibrium; Non cooperative game; Signaling game; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748519601     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9052-x     Document Type: Article

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