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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Political science.; Application software.; Game theory.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Economic theory.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Political Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

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 engagements—are likely to per...

Table of Contents:

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