Rebel with many causes: A computational model of insurgency

ISI 2012 - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Cyberspace, Border, and Immigration Securities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 90-95

  Pratt, Simon F ^a   Giabbanelli, Philippe J ^b   Jackson, Piper ^b   Mago, Vijay K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular Automata; Civil War; Complex Social Systems; Fuzzy Cognitive Maps; Terrorism Informatics

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CIVIL WAR; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; COMPLEX SOCIAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DOMAIN EXPERTS; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PROBLEM DEFINITION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; SIMULATION PLATFORM; STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH; TECHNICAL STRUCTURES; TERRORISM INFORMATICS; TEST SCENARIO;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84867362568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISI.2012.6284097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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