TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - A systems-level understanding of adversarial behaviour JO - International journal of intelligent defence support systems A1 - Weiss, Lora G. A1 - Briscoe, Erica A1 - Whitaker, Elizabeth A1 - Trewhitt, Ethan A1 - Hayes, Heather A1 - Horgan, John SP - 4 EP - 4 VL - 5 IS - 1 N2 - Modelling behaviour related to the perpetration of improvised explosive devices is extremely complex. Behavioural aspects range from those who create a plan to those who gather supplies for developing the devices to those who passively look the other way. Developing computational approaches to understanding such behaviour necessitates either a decomposition of behavioural activity into smaller, manageable behaviours or generalising larger, group behaviour where gross trends are observed. This may suffice for particular applications; however, additional consideration can be given to developing more comprehensive approaches. Specifically, for those seeking to understand terrorism, a number of social, cultural and behavioural perspectives are being developed by experts worldwide. These perspectives may complement each other or they may be in conflict, but they equally contribute to a broader understanding. Our research is developing computational methods to analyse and experiment with differing views and perspectives of potential influences on adversarial behaviour at this system-level.

LA - SN - 1755-1587 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJIDSS.2012.053676 ID - ref1 ER -