Citation

Kress M. Nav. Res. Logist. 2005; 52(1): 22-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, United States Office of Naval Research, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/nav.20049

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Utilizing elementary geometric and probability considerations, we estimate the effect of crowd blocking in suicide bombing events. It is shown that the effect is quite significant. Beyond a certain threshold, the expected number of casualties decreases with the number of people in the arena. The numerical results of our model are consistent with casualty data from suicide bombing events in Israel. Some operational insights are discussed. 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.