Optimal control of terrorism and global reputation: A case study with novel threshold behavior

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 387-391

  Caulkins, J P ^a   Feichtinger, G ^b   Grass, D ^b   Tragler, G ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNSS curve; Economic terror model; Multiple equilibria; Optimal control; Threshold curve

Indexed keywords

BASIN OF ATTRACTION; CONTROL MODEL; DNSS CURVE; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL PATHS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; THRESHOLD BEHAVIOR; THRESHOLD CURVE;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70349998182     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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