Identifying and Structuring the Objectives of Terrorists

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1803-1816

  Keeney, Gregory L ^a   Von Winterfeldt, Detlof ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Structuring objectives; Terrorist values; Value focused thinking

Indexed keywords

AL-QAEDA; COUNTER TERRORISM; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKERS; MEANS-ENDS NETWORK; ROOT CAUSE; STRUCTURING OBJECTIVES; TERRORIST VALUES; VALUE-FOCUSED THINKING; VALUES AND BELIEFS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MOTIVATION;

TERRORISM;

CULTURAL CONFLICT; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 78649783403     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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