Specifying the content of humble social-science models

Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2009, SCSC 2009, Part of the 2009 International Summer Simulation Multiconference, ISMc

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 452-461

  Davis, Paul K ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterterrorism; Exploratory analysis; Irregular warfare; Multiresolution modeling; Validation

Indexed keywords

COUNTER TERRORISM; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; MULTI-RESOLUTION MODELING; VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; TERRORISM;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951636847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Davis, Paul K. and Kim Cragin, The Social Science of Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2008.
2. Davis, Paul K., "Representing Social-Sciencc Knowledge Analytically, " in Davis and Cragin, 2009.
3. Davis, Paul K., Analytic Architecture for Capabilities-Based Planning, Mission-System Analysis, and Transformation, Santa Monica, Calif: RAND, 2002.
4. Davis, Paul K. and James Bigelow, Experiments in Multiresolution Modeling (MRM), RAND, Santa Monica, Calif., 19r98.
5. Davis, Paul K., Russell D. Shaver, and Justin Beck, Portfolio Methods for Assessing Capability Options, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2008.
6. Kulick, Jonathan and Paul K. Davis, Modeling Adversaries and Related Cognitive Biases, Santa Monica, Calif: RAND, reprint volume RP-1084, 2004.
7. Davis, Paul K., Steven C. Bankcs, and Michael Egner, Enhancing Strategic Planning with Massive Scenario Generation: Theory and Experiments, TR-392-OSD, RAND, 2007.
8. Shapiro, Norman Z., H. Edward Hall, Robert H. Anderson, and Mark LaCasse The RAND/ABEL Programming Language: History, Rationale, and Design, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 1985.
9. Davis, Paul K., An Analyst's Primer for the RAND/ABEL Programming Language, N-3042, 1990.
10. Davis, Paul K. and Brian Michael Jenkins, The Deterrence and Influence Component of the War with al- Qaeda, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2002.
11. Noricks, Darcy M.E., "The Root Causes of Terrorism, " in Davis and Cragin (2009). pp. 11 -70.
12. Helmus, Todd C., "Why and How Some People Become Terrorists, " in Davis and Cragin (2009), pp. 71-112.
13. Paul, Christopher, "How Do Terrorists Generate and Maintain Support, " in Davis and Cragin (2009), pp. 113-208.
14. Jackson, Brian A., "Organizational Decisionmaking by Terrorist Groups, " in Davis and Cragin (2009), pp. 209-256.
15. Bcrrebi, Claude, "The Economics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism: What Matters and Is Rational-Choice Theory Helpful?, " in Davis and Cragin (2009), pp. 151-202.
16. Davis, Paul K, Jonathan Kulick, and Michael Egner, Implications of Modern Decision Science for Military Decision-Support Systems, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2005.
17. Davis, Paul K., "A Qualitative Multiresolution Model for Counterterrorism, " in Dawn Trcvisani, ed., Proceedings of Enabling Technologies for Modeling and Simulation Science X, SPIE, Paper 6227-15, 2006.