Viewing urban disruptions from a decision informatics perspective

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-288

  Tien, James M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive algorithms; data analysis; Data fusion; decision modeling; systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; DATA FUSION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS METHOD; CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE; DECISION MODELING; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; INFORMATION-BASED DECISION-MAKING; MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES; STOCHASTIC DECISION MODELS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

TERRORISM;

EID: 33749250881     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: 18619576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-006-0194-7     Document Type: Article

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