Computational Methods for Counterterrorism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Argamon, Shlomo (Editor), Howard, Newton (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer security.; Data mining.; Information storage and retrieval.; Text processing (Computer science).; Computers and civilization.; Criminology.; Computer Science.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Systems and Data Security.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Document Preparation and Text Processing.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Computers and Society.

Modern terrorist networks pose an unprecedented threat to international security. Their fluid and non-hierarchical structures, their religious and ideological motivations, and their predominantly non-territorial objectives all radically complicate the question of how to neutralize them. As governmen...