Applications of information systems to homeland security and defense

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Abbass, Hussein A., Essam, Daryl, 1969-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence > Military applications.; Information storage and retrieval systems.; National security > Technological innovations > United States.; Military art and science > Data processing.; Terrorism > Prevention > Technological innovations > United States.
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A range of threats in the areas of safety and security, from natural disasters to terrorism to conventional warfare, involve complex interactions that are beyond the scope and capabilities of traditional problem solving techniques. Applications of Information Systems to Homeland Security and Defense...

Table of Contents:

• 1. All hazards analysis : a complexity perspective / Daryl Essam, Hussein A. Abbass
• 2. Small & simple : application-specific multi-agent systems / Michael Barlow, Robert Cox
• 3. How hard is it to red team? / Ang Yang, Hussein A. Abbass, Ruhul Sarker
• 4. Network robustness for critical infrastructure networks / Anthony H. Dekker, Bernard Colbert
• 5. Distributed intrusion detection systems : a computational intelligence approach / Ajith Abraham, Johnson Thomas
• 6. The game of defense and security / Michael Barlow
• 7. Realized applications of positioning technologies in defense intelligence / Katina Michael, Amelia Masters
• 8. The advancement of positioning technologies in defense intelligence / Katina Michael, Amelia Masters
• 9. Simulating complexity-based ethics for crucial decision making in counter terrorism / Cecilia Andrews, Edward Lewis.