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

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...

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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
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