Estimating Impact A Handbook of Computational Methods and Models for Anticipating Economic, Social, Political and Security Effects in International Interventions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kott, Alexander. (Editor), Citrenbaum, Gary. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Social sciences > Data processing.; Mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Economics, Mathematical.; Operations research.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Political Science, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
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International interventions are among the most controversial and complex of human endeavors. In today's smaller, flatter, and interdependent world, interventions of all sorts - economic sanctions or aid, natural-disaster relief, various diplomatic or civil-military engagementsare likely to per...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Judgment and Computation
• Emerging Techniques and Tools
• Politics and Power
• Economics and Markets
• Modeling Of Media Influence
• Governance and Society
• Groups and Violence
• Insurgency and Security
• Crime and Corruption
• Visualization and Comprehension
• Verification and Validation
• Conclusions: Anticipation and Action.