Predicting Suicide Attacks Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets

• Main Author: Perry, Walter L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Berrebi, Claude (auth), Brown, Ryan Andrew (auth), Hollywood, John S. (auth), Jaycocks, Amber (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Middle Eastern history; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

As part of an exploration of ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks, RAND conducted a proof-of-principle analysis of whether adding sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors would enhance the predictive ability of a methodology that focused on geospatial fea...