Modeling Conflict Dynamics with Spatio-temporal Data

• Main Authors: Zammit-Mangion, Andrew (Author), Dewar, Michael (Author), Kadirkamanathan, Visakan (Author), Flesken, Anaïd (Author), Sanguinetti, Guido (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Probabilities.; Mathematics.; Social sciences.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Complexity, Computational.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.; Complexity.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

This authored monograph presents the use of dynamic spatiotemporal modeling tools for the identification of complex underlying processes in conflict, such as diffusion, relocation, heterogeneous escalation, and volatility. The authors use ideas from statistics, signal processing, and ecology, and pr...

Table of Contents:

• Conflict Data Sets and Point Patterns
• Theory
• Modelling and Prediction in Conflict: Afghanistan.