The relative ineffectiveness of criminal network disruption

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Duijn, Paul A C ^a   Kashirin, Victor ^b   Sloot, Peter M A ^b,c,d  

^a Dutch Police ^*  (United States)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIME; GAME; NETHERLANDS; OFFENDER; POLICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIME; CRIMINALS; GAME THEORY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; POLICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84897624472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04238     Document Type: Article

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