A Comparative Analysis of PRA and Intelligent Adversary Methods for Counterterrorism Risk Management

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1488-1510

  Merrick, Jason ^a   Parnell, Gregory S ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c PO Box 231660   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive adversary; Risk management; Terrorism risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ADVERSARY; COMBINED METHOD; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COUNTER TERRORISM; EVENT TREES; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INFLUENCE DIAGRAM; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; RISK LEVELS; RISK MANAGER; RISK-BASED; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY; TERRORISM RISKS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION THEORY; DECISION TREES; GAME THEORY; RADIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TERRORISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION TREE; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION TREES; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80053384354     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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