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Conflict and Complexity

Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, Ethnic and Regional Violence

Philip vos Fellman, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Ali A. Minai (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4939-1704-4 (ISBN)

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This book follows the methodologies of complex adaptive systems research in their application to addressing the problems of terrorism, specifically terrorist networks, their structure and various methods of mapping and interdicting them as well as exploring the complex landscape of network-centric and irregular warfare. A variety of new models and approaches are presented here, including Dynamic Network Analysis, DIME/PMESII models, percolation models and emergent models of insurgency. In addition, the analysis is informed by practical experience, with analytical and policy guidance from authors who have served within the U.S. Department of Defense, the British Ministry of Defence as well as those who have served in a civilian capacity as advisors on terrorism and counter-terrorism.

Preface.- Part I: The Theoretical Background.- Modeling Terrorist Networks: The Second Decade.- Complex Systems Studies and Terrorism.- The Psychology of Terrorism.- A Framework for Agent-based Social Simulations of Social Identity Dynamics.- DIME/PMESII Models.- Net-Centric Logistics: Complex systems science aims at moving targets.- Part II: Applications and Case Studies.- A Fractal Concept of War.- Disrupting Terrorist Networks, A Dynamic Fitness Landscape Approach.- Comparison of approaches for adversary modeling decision support for counterterrorism.- The Landscape of Maritime Piracy and the Limits of Statistical Prediction.- Identities, Anonymity and Information Warfare.- Part II: Broader Horizons.- The Geography of Ethnic Violence.- Food Security and Political Instability: From Ethanol and Speculation to Riots and Revolutions.- South African Riots: Repercussion of the Global Food Crisis and US drought.- Conflict in Yemen: From Ethnic Fighting to Food Riots.- Complexity and the Limits of Revolution: What Will Happen to the Arab Spring?.

Reihe/Serie	Understanding Complex Systems
Zusatzinfo	57 Illustrations, color; 11 Illustrations, black and white; X, 292 p. 68 illus., 57 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Graphentheorie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Technik ► Bauwesen
Schlagworte	complexity insurgency • DIME/PMESII models • Dynamic Network Analysis • emergent models of insurgency • necsi complexity • necsi terrorism • nonlinear dynamical systems modeling terrorism • percolation models • terrorism complexity • terrorist network complexity
ISBN-10	1-4939-1704-8 / 1493917048
ISBN-13	978-1-4939-1704-4 / 9781493917044
Zustand	Neuware